Accurata e succinta descrizione topografica delle antichita   di Roma
By: dell'abate Ridolfino Venuti...
Contributors: Barbault, Jean, ca. 1705-1766; Bellicard, Je ro me Charles, 1726-1786; Bernabo  , Giovanni Battista, 1702-1769; Duflos, Philote e-Franc ʹois, ca. 1710-1748; Lazzarini, Giuseppe, 1702-1780; Legeay, Jean-Laurent, 18th cent; Mogalli, Niccolo  , b. 1723; Petroschi, Giovanni, 18th cent; Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778
Publisher: Presso Gio. Battista Bernabo   e Giuseppe Lazzarini
Published: 1763
Place of publication: In Roma
Language: ita
Number of pages: 97
Subjects: Buildings, structures; Roman Antiquities; Guidebooks; Antiquities; Roman Architecture
Other titles: Delle antichita   di Roma; Antichita   di Roma
Notes: Folded plan of ancient Rome etched by Niccolo   Mogalli and Giovanni Petroschi. Single-page pictorial plates by Jean Barbault, F.P. (i.e. Philote e-Franc ʹois) Duflos, Jean-Laurent Legeay, Mogalli, Giovanni Battista Piranesi. Plate 85 signed by Bellicard and dated 1750. T.p. vignettes, head- and tail-pieces, initials.

Pagination, v. 1: [2], XXXVI, 143, [1] p., [1], 59 leaves of plates (the first folded); v. 2: VIII, 143, [1] p., 60-96 leaves of plates.

Includes index.

Errata, p. 142, v. 2.

"Catalogo delle opere pubblicate da Ridolfino Venuti"--P. 143, v. 2.

Sloan candidate lp Tier 3

Copy 1 bound in one vol. in marbled paper, backed in vellum. Spine title in gilt. Edges roughly trimmed.

Copy 2 bound in two vols. in vellum. Author, title, part no. and imprint written on spine. Traces of red mottling on edges. Giovanni Muzio's bookplate, etched by Giacomo Manzu  .