Bidspirit auction | 4 Rare 18th c. Italian

4 Rare 18th c. Italian Engravings After Guido Reni - 4 Rare 18th c. Italian Engravings After Guido Reni (Italy, 1575-1642) by Carlo and/or Giovanni Ottaviani (Italy, 1735-1808) | Four engravings entitled 1) DAVID REX; 2) ISAAC; 3) ANTIQUIS DIERUM - DANIEL VII. 9. [ANCIENT OF DAYS]; and 4) ISAIAS | Each engraving is part of what was a set of thirteen 18th Century engravings reproducing fresco paintings by Guido Reni (1575-1642), executed c.1610 in the Cappella dell’ Annunziata, the private chapel of the papal residence on the Quirinale | Rome, [anonymous publisher], c. 1780. Each engraving is inscribed with its title in the lower center margin, and contains three attribution signatures/inscriptions in the following forms (see photogfaphs): DAVID REX: LL: \”Guidus Reni pinx\”; LC: \”Petrus Angeletti delin.\”; LR \”Goan. Ottaviani Caroli III Hispan. Regis sculp. incid.\”; ANTIQUIS DIERUM - DANIEL: LL: \”Guidus Reni pinx\”; LC: \”P. Angeletti del.\”; LR \”Goan. Ottaviani Incid. Caroli III Hispan. Regi scalptor inc.\”; ISAIAS: LL: \”Guidus Reni pinx\”; LC: \”Petrus Angeletti delin.\”; LR \”Goan. Ottaviani Caroli III Hispan. Regis sculp. incid.\”; ISAAC: LL: \”Guidus Reni pinx\”; LC: \”Petrus Angeletti delin.\”; LR \”Carolus Ottaviani sculp.\” Dimensions: Approx. Folio size engravings struck on fine watermarked laid paper - ISAIAS: Sheet: 21.25\” H x 15.75\” W; DANIEL: Sheet: 23.0\” H x 17.75\” W; isaac: 23.0\” H x 17.75\” W; and DAVID: Sheet: 23.0\” H x 17.75\” W.