Romanum museum, sive, Thesaurus eruditae antiquitatis
Subtitle: in quo gemmae, idola, insignia sacerdotalia, instrumenta sacrificijs inservientia, lucernae, vasa, bullae, armillae, fibulae, claves, annuli, tesserae, styli, strigiles, gutti, phialae lacrymatoriae, vota, signa militaria, &c. centum & septuaginta tabulis aeneis incisa referuntur ac dilucidantur
By: curâ, studio & sumptibus Michaelis Angeli Causei de la Chausse
Contributors: Billy, Nicolò, fl. 1689-1747; Gimignani, Ludovico, 1643-1697; Maratti, Carlo, 1625-1713; Bartoli, Pietro Santi, 1635-1700; Komarek, Giovanni Giacomo, fl. 1680-1719
Publisher: Ex typographia Joannis Jacobi Komarek Boëmi
Published: 1690
Place of publication: Romae
Language: lat
Number of pages: 127
Subjects: Gems; Roman Art objects; Early works to 1800; Antiquities
Other titles: Thesaurus eruditae antiquitatis
Notes: Frontispiece by Nicolò Billy after Ludovico Gimignani, incorporating port. of Louis Auguste de Bourbon to whom work is dedicated. Title engraving with Louis Auguste's arms. Engraving of author by Billy after Carlo Maratti. Text signed and numbered continuously, while plates in 6 numbered sequences follow section of text to which they pertain. Some plates signed by Pietro Santi Bartoli as etcher/engraver. Etched head- and tail-pieces, initials.

Signatures: a-b⁴ A-L⁴ M⁶ N⁴ O⁶ P⁴.

Addenda & emendanda, last leaf.

Sloan candidate lp Tier 3

Binding: modern marbled paper.