Epigrammata Gvilielmi Blanci albiensis ivrisconsvlti in obeliscvm
Subtitle: mirae magnitudinis ex Aegypto quondam à Caio Caligula Romam aduectum, & deinde in Circo Vaticano erectum : iamq. ruderibus penè obrutum in mediam S. Petri aream à Sixto V. Pont. Max. translatum, & superimposita Cruce Christianae Religioni dedicatum : accesserunt ad S.D.N. Sixtvm V. Pont. Max. aliquot eiusdem Blanci anagrammata & epigrammata : cum libello de ratione anagrammatismi ad lectorem
Publisher: Ex Officina Bartolomaei Grassij
Published: 1586
Place of publication: Romae
Language: ita
Number of pages: 53
Subjects: Buildings, structures; Early works to 1800; Obelisks; Anagrams; Antiquities
Other titles: Epigrammata Guilielmi Blanci albiensis iurisconsulti in obeliscum; Epigrammata in obeliscum; In obeliscum
Notes: T.p. has engraved vignette with arms of Sixtus V.

Page [55] has errata, together with arms of Sixtus V in woodcut, and the imprint: Romae : Ex Typographia Titi & Pauli de Dianis, 1586. P. [54] and [56] blank.

Sloan candidate lp Tier 3

Binding: vellum over pasteboard. Both covers gold stamped with arms of Bishop (later Cardinal) Peretti, nephew of Sixtus V. Blue-green sewn head and foot bands. Remains of 2 cloth ties at foredges of both covers. Edges gilt.