Title & Author:

Roma antica, media, e moderna, o sia Guida per la citta' di Roma divisa in dieci giornate : per osservarne le sue magnificenze, sagre, e profane : cioè chiese, monasterj, ospedali, collegj, tempj, teatri, anfiteatri, naumachie, fori, curie, palazzi, statue, librarie, musei, pitture, e sculture, ed i nomi degli artefici.

Edition:

In questa nuova impressione si è aggiunto il nuovo Maseo Clementino, ed altre fabbriche, che fino al presente si veggono. Ed arrichita di varie figure.

Publication:

In Roma : Dalle stampe del Casaletti a Sant'Eustachio, 1775.

Description:

219, [1] pages, [8] folded leaves of plates : illustrations, map (etchings) ; 16 cm

Notes:
Title within ornamental border.
Title vignette.
Added illustrated t.p., woodcut.
Plates [2]-[4] are copies of Piranesi etchings. Cf. Salamon, Teresa Villa. Giovanni Battista Piranesi in Print collector, 15-29 (Nov.-Dec. 1975), p. 4-[34], 4-52. Plate [2] (between p. 66-67), Chiesa di S. Paolo fuori delle Mura, is unsigned and heavily reworked: Salamon no. B.2. Plate [3] (between p. 80-81), Veduta della chiesa di S. Sebastiano fuori delle Mura, is also unsigned and heavily reworked: Salamon no. B.5. Plate [4] (between p. 84-85), Veduta di S. Giovanni in Laterano, is signed and only lightly reworked: Salamon no. B.3.
Includes index.
Plates [2]-[4] are copies of Piranesi etchings. Cf. Salamon, Teresa Villa. Giovanni Battista Piranesi in Print collector, 15-29 (Nov.-Dec. 1975), p. 4-[34], 4-52. Plate [2] (between p. 66-67), Chiesa di S. Paolo fuori delle Mura, is unsigned and heavily reworked: Salamon no. B.2. Plate [3] (between p. 80-81), Veduta della chiesa di S. Sebastiano fuori delle Mura, is also unsigned and heavily reworked: Salamon no. B.5. Plate [4] (between p. 85-85), Veduta di S. Giovanni in Laterano, is signed and only lightly reworked: Salamon no. B.3.
Schudt, L. Le guide di Roma, Vienna, 1930, no. 275
Library's copy imperfect: all plates wanting; also, p. 3-4, 14-15, 33-34, 47-48, 97-98.

Subject:

Engraving 18th century Specimens.
Wood-engraving 18th century Specimens.
Gravure 18e siècle Spécimens.
Gravure sur bois 18e siècle Spécimens.
Wood-engraving.
Engraving.
Rome (Italy) Guidebooks.
Italy Rome.

Form/genre:

Guidebook
travel guidebooks.
Specimens.
Guidebooks.
Guides touristiques.

Added entries:

Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778.
Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778. Views of Rome.
Trissino Collection
Guida per la città di Roma divisa in dieci giornate.

Holdings:

Location: Library cage y trissino 69949
Call No.: ITYB32N1700 ITN1700
Status: Available