ITALY - ROME - RARE AND EXCEPTIONAL GRAVED PANORAMA FROM THE XVIIth CENTURY - View of "ROMA" (View taken beyond the gate of the Castel SAINT-ANGE). 1642. Etching engraved by Israël SILVESTRE (Nancy 1621 - Paris 1691), after Louis de Lincler (active in the 17th century). Printed on four leaves. Proof of the 1st state on 2, with artists' names and cross-references, before Mariette's name, on watermarked laid paper (bunch of grapes & letters). Ref: Faucheux, n°28. Margins. Israël Silvestre engraved this plate at the age of 21. 18.5 x 124 cm on copperplate. 28.8 x 127.5 cm per sheet. Condition A/B (four slight traces of old vertical soft folds, a few old restored tears at the folds and in the margins).