Antiquæ vrbis Romæ imago accuratiss. [map]: ex vetustis monumentis, ex vestigiis videlicet ædificior., moeniûm ruinis, fide numismatum, monumentis æneis, plumbeis, saxeis tiglinisq[ue] collecta, veter. deniq[ue] / auctorum fide confirmata in ha[e]c tabulam redacta atq[ue] descripta a Pyrrho Ligorio Romano per XIIII regiones in quas vrbem diuisit imp. Cæsar Augustus.

Author
Ligorio, Pirro, approximately 1513-1583 [Browse]
Format
Map
Language
Latin
Published/​Created
[Cologne : Braun & Hogenberg, 1588]
Description
  • Not drawn to scale. (E 12°26ʹ29ʺ--E 12°30ʹ15ʺ/N 41°54ʹ50ʺ--N 41°52ʹ35ʺ).
  • 1 map on 2 sheets ; 54 x 50 cm. on sheets 40 x 53 cm. each

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Special Collections - Rare Books Historic Map Collection HMC01.5291 D Alcove 27, Drawer 6 Browse related items Reading Room Request
    Special Collections - Rare Books Historic Map Collection HMC01.5293 D Alcove 27, Drawer 6 Browse related items Reading Room Request

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      Notes
      • Relief shown pictorially.
      • Bird's-eye-view map showing buildings and streets of ancient Rome with 269 points of interest.
      • Title at top of sheet 1; index at bottom of sheet 2.
      • Latin text on verso with caption title: Lectori; p. 54-55.
      • From: Civitates orbis terrarum ... [Cologne : Braun & Hogenberg, 1572-1618]
      References
      Koeman, C. Atlantes neerlandici (New ed.) 3633 (state 1)
      Other title(s)
      Antiquae urbis Romae
      OCLC
      890627833
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