Basilicae veteris Vaticanae descriptio auctore Romano eiusdem basilicae canonico : cum notis abbatis Pauli de Angelis, quibus accedit descriptio breuis noui templi Vaticani necnon vtriusque ichnographia.
Format
Book
Language
Latin
Published/Created
Romae : Typis Bernardini Tani, 1646.
Description
[12], 164, [8] pages, [9] folded leaves of plates : illustrations, plans ; 33 cm (fol.)
Attributed to Petrus Mallius. Cf. Fabricius, Bibliotheca latina, v. 5, p. 252.
Signatures: pi² a⁴ A-S⁴ T⁶ V-X⁴.
Gathering a1-a4 bound between leaves pi1 and pi2.
Engraved title page; title within architectural frame.
Head-pieces; initials; printed marginal notes.
Half-title verso with engraved illustration of St. Peter above Bishop's coat of arms.
One of the plates is letterpress "Declaratio ichnographiae basilicae veteris S. Petri in Vaticano, sacroumque aedificiorum prope illam constructorum."
Includes index.
Binding note
SAX copy: Contemporary binding of rough paper over thick board.
Provenance
SAX copy: Ink inscription on verso of title page ("[Ex] conventus sanctorum Cosmae et Damiani Mediolani fratrum eremitanum Discalceatorum S. Augustini, 16 Maij 1689").
References
Catalogo ragionato dei libri d'arte e d'antichità posseduti dal conte Cicognara, 3578
Berlin Katalog, 2663
Rossetti, 2136
Kissner, 715
Place name(s)
Italy Rome.
Half-title
Descriptio Vaticanae basilicae : veteris et nouae
LCCN
14019613
OCLC
13596597
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