18th C Italian Bookplate Engraving Roman Reliefs Niccolò Vanni Filippo Morghen

Original 18th-century Italian copperplate engraving removed from an antiquarian art or archaeology volume (page numbered Pag. 21). This plate features three classical relief-style figures inspired by ancient Roman sculpture, rendered in fine neoclassical line engraving.

The work is credited in the plate margins to Niccolò Vanni (delineavit – drew the original design) and Filippo Morghen (sculpsit – engraved the plate), a respected late-18th-century Italian engraver. The inclusion of proportional scales labeled "Palmo Romano – Palmo Napoletano" is typical of scholarly reference books documenting classical antiquities and architectural ornament.

The engraving is not a modern reproduction; it was originally published as part of a bound folio and later removed, which was common practice in the 19th–20th centuries. The paper shows expected age toning and light spotting consistent with genuine antiquarian material.

Professionally framed by Frames and Art (Montgomery, Alabama) in a later b