Copper Engravings from the Pontificate of Pius VI

A Picture Book of Copper Engravings Containing engravings of Rome from the Late 1700’s showing St. Paul’s before the devastating fire of 1823

Picture of St.Paul Outside the Walls

A Picture Book of Copper Engravings Containing engravings of Rome from the Late 1700’s showing St. Paul’s before the devastating fire of 1823: Interior

The artifact is one of the earliest picture books created in the late 1700’s. It contains 100 copper engravings. Among these engravings is one of St. Paul Outside the Walls, one of the four major basilicas in Rome, prior to the 1823 fire when it burned to the ground. For that reason alone, the book is of special interest and value.