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LOT 50:
Antiquities of Rome - an Ancient Book with Engravings and Illustrated Map - 1663
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Antiquities of Rome - an Ancient Book with Engravings and Illustrated Map - 1663
Joannis Rosini Antiquitatum romanarum corpus absolutissimum. Cum notis doctissimis ac locupletiss. Thomae Dempsteri J.C. Huic postremae editioni accuratissimae accesserunt Pauli Manutii.
Hackios, parentem & filios, 1663.
A beautiful and ancient edition of Joannis Rosini's book "Roman Antiquities", a comprehensive historical work originally published in 1585. The book is bound in parchment and includes a folding and illustrated map of Rome, as well as a stunning engraving on the first page, in addition to five more engravings throughout the book.
Latin, 916 pages + index, 26X21 cm. Good general condition: tears at the edges of the cover and some of the margins of the pages, cover detaches from the inside, worm marks.
