Roma antica, e moderna, o sia, Nuova descrizione di tutti gl'edifici antichi, e moderni, tanto sagri, quanto profani della citta ́di Roma ...

Description

Main Author

Roisecco, Gregorio

Related Names

Roisecco, Gregorio
Alamannus, Ant.
Capelli, Pancrazio, active 18th century
Stamperia Puccinelli.

Language(s)

Italian

Published

Roma : Gregorio Roisecco, 1750.

Subjects

Art museums.
Antiquities.
Art museums > Art museums / Italy > Art museums / Italy / Rome.
Italy > Italy / Rome.
Rome (Italy) > Rome (Italy) / Antiquities.
Rome (Italy) > Rome (Italy) / Guidebooks.
Guidebooks.
Engravings (prints) > Engravings (prints) / Italy > Engravings (prints) / Italy / 18th century.
Woodcuts (prints) > Woodcuts (prints) / Italy > Woodcuts (prints) / Italy / 18th century.

Note

Includes indexes.
Last 4 p. of v. 3 are Roisecco's advertisements.
Illustrated with numerous woodcuts and a folding copper engraving of St. Peter's basilica.
Signatures: pi² *² A-M⁸ N².
Engraved frontispiece, v. 1, with arms of Cardinal Silvio Valenti, to whom work is dedicated. Engraved, etched and woodcut in-text ill., engraved and etched plates (all but 1 folded). Ill. on p. 158 (v. 1) engraved by Pancrazio Capelli. Folded view of ancient Capitoline facing p. 328 (v. 1) after Ant. Alamannus. Woodcut tail-pieces, initials.
Each vol. has special added t.p. Title, v. 3: Descrizione delli riti, guerre più celebri, e famiglie più illustri degl' antichi Romani ... con la cronologìa in fine dei re, consoli, imperatori, et dei sommi pontefici romani.
Originally published by Roisecco in 1739. For the complex antecedents, see Schudt.

Physical Description

3 volumes : illustrations (engravings) ; 17 cm

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