Libro d'Antonio Labacco appartenente a l'architettura nel qual si figurano alcune notabili antiquita di Roma.

First and last leaves blank; plates: engraved half t.p., followed by plates numbered 5-30, 33-36.
Folios 2-4 and [31] contain letterpress text (8 p. total) printed on both sides of leaf; there is no leaf [32].
There are four different issues of this 1559 ed. distinguished by the number of lines in the preface and in the plate of engraved views of the ports.
"The numerous variants in copies ... noted by Ashby and in the Fowler Catalogue are due to the printing 'in casa nostra' where Antonio and Mario [Labacco] could alter plates or make up copies as needed."--Harvard, Italien 16th century books, no. 245.
Architectural drawings engraved by the author's son, Mario Labacco.
The 1st ed. issued in 1552.
Not in BM.
Leaves of Library's copy numbered 40-69 in pencil.
Comprises plates 40-69 of an album of engravings with collective title "Architettura del Barozzio" (see PML 55623).