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Insigniores statuarum urbis Romae icones : antiquitatis studiosis et virtutibus amantibus.

Accession number
PML 1831
Published
[Rome] : Joseph de Rubeis Mediol. formis Romae, 1619 [i.e. between 1627 and 1691].
Credit line
J. Pierpont Morgan from Pearson,
Description
99 leaves of plates : ill. (engravings) ; (4to)
Notes
Engraved title and 99 engraved plates, 2 with line backgrounds; and an engraved description on each plate.
Possibly a restrike of the plates published by Guiseppe de Rossi (c.1560-1639) in 1619.
Case title: Antiquitatis studiosis.
Not in B.
Binding
Brown morocco with emblem of Charles I as Prince of Wales on covers, and elephant crest of Andrew Fountaine in panels on spine. In blue morocco case.
Variant title
Antiquitatis studiosis
Provenance
With emblem of Charles I, as Prince of Wales; crest of Andrew Fountaine.
Classification
Century
Department