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:
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan from Pearson, ca. 1905-10.
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. M. Cat.
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.
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