Theatrum civitatum et admirandorum Italiae
Subtitle: ad aevi veteris & praesentis temporis faciem expressum
By: à Ioanne Blaeu, G.F. [i.e. Guilielmi Filius]
Publisher: Typis Ioannis Blaeu
Published: 1663
Place of publication: Amstelaedami
Language: lat
Subjects: Cities and towns; Pictorial works; Description and travel; Early works to 1800; Antiquities; Obelisks; Travel
Other titles: Theatrvm civitatvm et admirandorvm Italiae; Civitatum et admirandorum Italiae, pars prima; Partis primae, sectio prima, in qua Civitatis Status Ecclesiastici describuntur; Civitatum et admirandorum Italiae pars altera, in qua urbis Romae admiranda aevi veteris & huius seculi continentur; Partis secundae, sectio prima, in qua circi, et obelisci, circorum olim ornamenta, necnon theatra, amphitheatra et naumachiae describuntur; Civitates Status Ecclesiastici; Antiquitates et admiranda Urbis Romae; Urbis Romae aevi veteris & huius seculi continentur; Circi, et obelisci, circorum olim ornamenta, necnon theatra, amphitheatra, et naumachia describuntur; Civitates Status Ecclesiastici.; Antiquitates et admiranda Urbis Romae.; Urbis Romae aevi veteris & huius seculi continentur.; Circi, et obelisci, circorum olim ornamenta, necnon theatra, amphitheatra, et naumachia describuntur.; Theatrum civitatum nec non admirandorum Neapolis et Siciliae regnorum.
Notes: "Cum privilegio Sacrae Caesareae Majestatis."

Vol. 1 frontispiece: Civitates Status Ecclesiastici; vol. 2 frontispiece: Antiquitates et admiranda Urbis Romae.

Pagination and signing idiosyncratic throughout.

Plan of Bononia in v. 1 has extension pasted on left edge for the reproduction of the whole of Conduce a. P. Carmel Scalzi, no. 95 in the directory. Following p. 110, are 9 unnumbered, irregularly signed pages, which however continue the text coherently.

Each section of v. 2 is separately paged: Roma vetus, 54 p., De circis et ludis circensibus romanorum, 40 p., De obeliscis aegyptiis in urbe, 315 p., De amphitheatris, theatris, eorumque spectaculis, 50 p. In the final series, p. 33-40 omitted in pagination.

Section on obelisks in v. 2 utilizes 16th century plates from D. Fontana's description of the raising of the Obeliscus Vaticanus, Delle transportatione ... Replacement explanations of 2 plates have been pasted over text on p. 296 and 304.

Blaeu also published in the same year a complementary work on the Kingdom of Naples and Sicily entitled: Theatrum civitatum nec non admirandorum Neapolis et Siciliae regnorum.

Includes indexes.

Koeman, C. Atlantes Neerlandici, Bl 72-73

Lib. copy of pars 2 has several plates in publisher's full contemporary coloring with additional gold illumination.