print;
illustrated book
- Museum number
- 1947,0531.4.1-14.+
- Description
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Baronio, Cesare, Chacón, Alfonso, Bosio, Antonio, Panciroli, Ottavio, "Descrizione di Roma moderna formata nuovamente con le auttorità, del card. Cesare Baronio, Alfonso Ciaconio, Antonio Bosio, e Ottavio Panciroli .... nella quale si discorre delle sagre basiliche, chiese, collegj ...Distinta in quattordici rioni, abbellita con figure nuove di rame, & accresciuta di molte notizie istoriche, e della cronologia di tutti li sommi Pontefici romani.." vol.II (Rome, Michel'Angelo and Pier Vincenzo Rossi) 1719; a guide to modern Rome and its landmarks, including: a frontispiece showing Minerva seated on a pedestal with the coat of arms of Pope Clement XI, a small view of Rome in the lower section; a title-page with the printer's mark; a preface; a chronology of the Popes until Clement XI; an index; a folded map of Rome; 12 folded views: Castel Sant'Angelo; the Vatican; Ospizio di San Michele a Ripa Grande; St Paul Basilica; the Catacombs of Saint Sebastian; the Quirinale Palace; Porto di Ripetta; the Campidoglio; the Basilica of S Giovanni; S. Croce in Gerusalemme; San Lorenzo outside the walls; the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore; 68 engraved illustrations showing monuments and buildings of Rome and surroundings; with woodcut historiated initials, head and tail-pieces, often Roman antique coins. Bound in a pigskin binding.
Woodcut and engraving
- Production date
- 1719
- Dimensions
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Height: 160 millimetres (Approx. sheet size)
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Height: 150 millimetres (and smaller)
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Width: 105 millimetres
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Width: 180 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- The previous edition of 1697 is dedicated to Cardinal Gio. Francesco Albani, while in the later edition of 1727 the coat of arms of Clement XI on the frontispiece is replaced by a shortened verison of the title.
Cataloguing supported by the Elizabeth Cayzer Charitable Trust
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Descrizione di Roma Moderna
- Acquisition date
- 1947
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1947,0531.4.1-14.+
