(Voyage & Architecture) - Marliani, Giovanni Bartolomeo.- Urbis Romae topographia. Accuraté, tum ex veterum, tum etiam recentiorum auctorum, fontibus austa [...]. Venitiis, apud Hieronymum Francinum, 1588. In-8° : [8]-176-[8] lvs (margins of...
Estimation :
500 / 600
Adjudication :
500 €
Description
title-page repaired, foxing, copy slightly browned, wormholes, some with minimal lacks of text, marginal dampstains in the end). 19th Century binding : half glazed green calf, marbled paper boards, ribbed spine, sprinkled edges (joints, turn ins and edges slightly rubbed, flyleaves renewed). Pocket guide-book to Rome's antiquities by Marliani (1 488-1 566) illustrated with 89 woodcuts and one full-page. The first edition was published in Rome in 1534 under the title "Antiquae Romae topographia, libri septem". # Adams M-613; # Machiels M-197; # Mortimer 284; # STC Italy 418; # USTC 841013; # not in Soltész. ^ Petit guide des monuments et statues antiques de Rome illustré de 89 in texto et d'1 pleine page. Demi-veau vert glacé du 1 9e s. (marges du titre restaurées, rouss., galeries et trous de vers, parfois avec petits manques de texte).
