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1684. BOOK: (ARCHITECTURE). RUBEIS, IACOBO: INSIGNIUM...

1684. BOOK: (ARCHITECTURE). RUBEIS, IACOBO: INSIGNIUM ROMAE TEMPLORUM PROSPECTUS EXTERIORES INTERIORES QUE ACELEBRIORIBUS ARCHITECTIS INVENTI NUNC TANDEM SUIS CUM PLANTIS AC MENSURIS A.... Rome: Gaspari de Carpineo, 1684. Large folio. Frontis + 56 plates (several folded). The engravings are misplaced and we have seen copies with a greater number of plates. Enc. in period parchment, warped fore-plan. Brunet IV, 1406, says there should be 73 plates. [More:] PROSPETTIVA DELLA CHIESA DI Sta. MARIA DELLA PACE DI ROMA. 62 engraved plates. Has lost the frontis, in its place has remained an engraving depicting the miracle of St. Peter at the door of the Temple of Solomon, where he cures a parallitic from birth. Enc. in period parchment.