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[Urbis Romae Sciog]raphia Ex Antiquis Monum[entis Accuratiss Delineata.]
[after Pirro Ligorio.]
[Rome: Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi, c.1650.]
Engraved map, one sheet of eight, 17th century watermark. 530 x 420mm (21 x 16½") very large margins Tears, creasing and damp stains in margins. Central crease (short tear) as normal.
Plate three of a monumental eight-sheet plan of Ancient Rome, based on the detailed archaeological survey by Pirro Ligorio (c.1510-83), a scholar of the ancient monuments. The map is constructed as a bird's-eye view, with the buildings illustrated, and shows the north-east of the city, including the Baths of Diocletian and the barracks of the Praetorian guard. First published by Etienne Duperac in 1574, this example comes from a 17th century reissue by De Rossi.
[Ref: 58692] £280.00
[Urbis Romae Sciographia Ex Antiquis Monumentis Accuratiss Delineata.]
[after Pirro Ligorio.]
[Rome: Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi, c.1650.]
Engraved map, one sheet of eight, 17th century watermark. 530 x 420mm (21 x 16½") very large margins. Central crease as normal.
Plate '9' of a monumental eight-sheet plan (numbered 2-5, 8-11) of Ancient Rome, based on the detailed archaeological survey by Pirro Ligorio (c.1510-83), a scholar of the ancient monuments. The map is constructed as a bird's-eye view, with the buildings illustrated, and shows the west of the city, including the mausoleums of Hadrian and Augustus, the Antonine Column, the Pantheon, the Theatre of Marcellus and the Temple of Asclepius, shaped like a ship on the Tiberina. First published by Etienne Duperac in 1574, this example comes from a 17th century reissue by De Rossi.
[Ref: 58694] £420.00
[Urbis Romae Sciographia Ex Antiquis Monumentis Accuratiss] Delineata.
[after Pirro Ligorio.]
[Rome: Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi, c.1650.]
Engraved map, one sheet of eight, 17th century watermark 530 x 420mm (21 x 16½") very large margins. Hole bottom right. Central crease as normal.
Plate 5 of a monumental eight-sheet plan of Ancient Rome (numbered 2-5, 8-11), based on the detailed archaeological survey by Pirro Ligorio (c.1510-83), a scholar of the ancient monuments. The map is constructed as a bird's-eye view, with the buildings illustrated, and shows land outside city walls to the east, including funerary munuments, estates, the Appian Way and the aqueducts Appia, Claudia and Marcia. First published by Etienne Duperac in 1574, this example comes from a 17th century reissue by De Rossi.
[Ref: 58695] £280.00
[Urbis Romae Sciographia Ex Antiquis Monum]entis Accuratiss [Delineata.]
[after Pirro Ligorio.]
[Rome: Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi, c.1650.]
Engraved map, one sheet of eight. 530 x 420mm (21 x 16½") very large margins. Tears and creasing in margins. Central crease as normal. Slight loss in margin bottom left.
Plate four of a monumental eight-sheet plan of Ancient Rome, based on the detailed archaeological survey by Pirro Ligorio (c.1510-83), a scholar of the ancient monuments. The map is constructed as a bird's-eye view, with the buildings illustrated, and shows the east of the city, including the Porta Esquilina, the Aqua Claudia aqueduct, Amphitheatrum Castrense and, outside the city walls, the 'Hippodrome of Aurelius', of which there is no written record. First published by Etienne Duperac in 1574, this example comes from a 17th century reissue by De Rossi.
[Ref: 58693] £350.00
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