Description
- Notes:
- Introduction (1 leaf) in Italian by Giovanni Alto, Svizzero da Lucerna, dated 1637.
- Engr. title-pages; title-pages of parts 2-4 included in number of plates.
- Letterpress in Latin engraved at bottom of most plates; some plates in part 4 have letterpress in Italian.
- Part 2 has title: Antiqvitatvm vrbis liber secvndus ... Romae, 1613; pt. 3: ... Antiqvae vrbis splendoris cōplement¯v ... 1615; pt. 4: Antiqvae vrbis vestigia qvae nvnc extant ... Romae, 1628.
- Includes "Tavola del libre di tvtte le figvre..." (1 leaf)
Citation
Lauro, Giacomo, and Alto, Giovanni Ridolfo,
"Antiqvae vrbis splendor, hoc est praecipva eivsdem templa, amphitheatra, theatra, circi, navmachiae, arcvs trivmphales, mavsolea aliaqve svmptvosiora aedificia, pompae item trivmphalis et colossaearvm imaginvm descriptio; opera & industria Iacobi Lauri Romani in aes incisa atque in lucem edita. Addita est breuis quaedam et succincta imaginum explicatio in qua regum consulum imperatoruq; res gestae et rei romanae origo progressus incrementum, ac finis cu almae vrbis antiquor. ac modernor. uestigior. additione utcunq; hoc insequenti anno 1630 reperiutur, et ex ueteru ac recentior. historiar. monumentis clare ostenditur"
(1612).
The Theater that was Rome.
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:260574/
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The Theater that was Rome
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