I.[-VI.] pars Romanae vrbis topographiae & antiquitatum,
quâ succinctê & breviter describuntur omnia quae tam publicê quam privatim videntur anim-adversione digna:
Iano Iacobo Boissardo Vesuntino autore. Tabula chorographica totius Italiae: figurae aliquot eleganter in aere incisae: artifice Theodoro de Bry Leod. cive frā. oīa foras recens edita.

Description

Main Author

Boissard, Jean Jacques, 1528-1602.

Related Names

Re, Sebastiano di, fl. 1550-1560.
Granthomme, Jacques, fl. 1574-1613.
Giraldi, Lilio Gregorio, 1479-1552.
Probus, Marcus Valerius.
Marliani, Bartolomeo, d. 1560.
Vettori, Pietro, 1499-1585.
Panvinio, Onofrio, 1529-1568.
Bry, Theodor de, 1528-1598.

Language(s)

Latin

Published

[Impressum Francofurti... Impensis Theodori de Bry...] 1597-1602.

Subjects

Sculpture, Roman > Sculpture, Roman / Italy > Sculpture, Roman / Italy / Rome > Sculpture, Roman / Italy / Rome / Early works to 1800.
Inscriptions, Latin > Inscriptions, Latin / Italy > Inscriptions, Latin / Italy / Rome > Inscriptions, Latin / Italy / Rome / Early works to 1800.
Rome (Italy) > Rome (Italy) / Antiquities > Rome (Italy) / Antiquities / Early works to 1800.
Engravings > Engravings / Germany > Engravings / Germany / 16th century.

Note

Signatures, pt. 1: *-2*⁴ A-T⁴ V⁶. Pt. 2: (:)⁴ 2*-3*⁴ A-D² E-H⁴ [superior chi]I² I⁴ K⁴ L⁴ [superscript chi]L² M-2L⁴. Pt. 3: [dagger]⁴ A⁴ B-E⁶ F-2I⁴. Pt. 4: )(² A-2G⁴. Pt. 5: *⁴ 2*⁶ A-2K⁴ 2I⁶. Pt. 6: ):(⁴ A-F⁴ [G-2T⁴ 2V²]. Many plates are assigned signature marks, which in places conflict with those on letterpress leaves. The 146 plates that conclude pt. 6 are unsigned.
All 6 pts. have engraved t.p.'s. Engraved ports. of Boissard and of de Bry appear as 2 of the 4 leaves in the first gathering of pts. 1-4. The numerous engraved plates chiefly depict Roman sculpture and inscriptions. Etched double-page bird's eye view of ancient Rome, pt. 2, leaf signed I. Etched double-page bird's-eye view of modern Rome of 1597, tipped onto a stub at the centerfold, pt. 2, leaf signed L4. Several engravings signed by Jacques Granthomme. Folded map of northern and central Italy. Head- and tail-pieces. Many woodcut initials, some historiated.
"Onvphrii Panvinii Veronensis Descriptio qvatvor decim regionvm vrbis Romae, ex Sexto Rufo, P. Victore & aliis probatis auctoribus collecta": pt. 1. p. 118-149 -- "P. Victoris De regionibvs vrbis Romae, liber": pt. 1, p. 150-163 -- "Topographia antiqvae vrbis Romae, ex Io. Bartholomaeo Marliano": pt. 2, p. 1-18, 55-211 -- "Valerii Probi Grammatici De notis antiqvarvm literarvm": pt. 3, p. 20-41 -- "Lilii Gregorii Gyraldi Ferrariensis, De sepvlchris et vario sepeliendi ritv liber singvlaris": pt. 6, p. 1-47.
Title varies: II. pars Antiqvitatvm Romanarvm, seu, Topographia Romanae vrbis ... 1597 -- III. pars Antiqvitatvm, sev, Inscriptionvm & epitaphiorum quae in saxi & marmoribus romanis videntur ... descriptio ... Per Theodorvm de Bry ... 1597 -- IIII. pars Antiquitatum romanarum, siue, II. tomus Inscriptionum & monumentorum ... artifice vero Theodoro de Bry ... 1598 -- V.[-VI.] pars Antiqvitatvm romanarvm, siue, III.[-IIII] tomus Inscriptionum ... Theodori de Brÿ relictis filijs recens in aere efficta foras data ... 1600[-1602].
Place and publisher from colophon of v. 1.

Physical Description

6 pts. (various pagings and foliations) plates, ports., fold. maps. 33 cm. (fol.)

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