Live veiling - Lot 1109
[Italy - Rome]
Afbeelding van 't nieu Romen. Waer in vertoont zijn de kerken, H. lichamen, reliquien, indulgentien [...] verrijkt met 82. kopere platen.
Amsterdam, J. van Meurs, 1661
€ 200 / 300
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Beschrijving lot
12mo: front.-[34]-792 pp. (one pl. underl., one with sm. hole in the middle).
Contemp. brown calf, gilt orn. spine with 4 raised bands, red leather title label, marbled endpapers (bands and joints sl. rubbed, sm. def. at head).
First edition of the translation of a guide to antique and "modern" Rome "Ritratto di Roma moderna" (1st 1638) divided in 6-day trips. Ill. with a front. and 82 full-page engr. pl. Woodcut coins in-text. With an overview of the most important buildings and monuments of ancient and "modern" Rome, reconstruction drawings and contemporary city views. Totti (1591 ?-1639), born in Cerreto di Spoleto, worked in Rome from 1611-1612 with the bookseller Martinelli before opening his own bookshop in 1639.
Ref. STCN.
Prov. Libr. stamp.