Accession number:
PML 77776
Published:
[Rome] : Io. Baptista de Cavarleriis, MXLXIX Kal Mai [May 1569].
Credit:
Purchased as the gift of Julia P. Wightman, 1983. NPM
Description:
50 plates : all illustrations (etchings) ; 28 x 21 cm (4to)
Notes:
Each plate with a caption and number, 1-50.
Binding:
16th-century (or early 17th?) Spanish light brown morocco, sides panelled in gilt and blind, double fleurons at inner angles, gilt arms of Marqúes de Moya in the central oval on both covers; brass clasps; leaf edges gilt and gauffered, with calligraphic title and date on the foredge.
Variant Title:
Urbis Romae aedificiorum illustrium quae supersunt reliquiae
Provenance:
Francisco Perez de Cabrera y Bobadilla, marqúes de Moya (1565-1627), armorial binding; W.J. Moore, Windsor 1832, inscription (front pastedown); Breslauer, cat. 107, no. 114; Pierpont Morgan Library, purchased from Breslauer as the gift of Julia P. Wightman, 1983.
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