Della Trasportatione dell'Obelisco Vaticano et  delle Fabriche di Nostro Signore Papa Sisto V fatte dal Cavallier Domenico Fontana Architetto di sua Santita Libro Primo
Object type: Book ; Ornament and architecture
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Domenico Fontana|Domenico Basa|Natale Bonifacio|Domenico Fontana|Pope Sixtus V (Felice Peretti)
Artist bio: Swiss, Melide 1543–1607 Rome| |Italian, 1537–1592|Swiss, Melide 1543–1607 Rome|Italian, Grottamare near Pescara 1520–1590 Rome
Artist role: Author|Publisher|Etcher|Designer|Patron
Artist nationality: Italian|Italian|Italian|Italian|Italian
Date: 1590
Medium: Printed book with etched and engraved plates, type rule diagrams, woodcut initials and tailpieces
Dimensions: 16 5/16 × 11 1/4 × 1 3/8 in. (41.5 × 28.5 × 3.5 cm)
Classification: Books|Ornament & Architecture
Geography:  Rome     
Credit line: Bequest of W. Gedney Beatty, 1941
Accession year: 1941