Rome - St. Peter's. Buonanni, Filippo. Numismata... Lot 212
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[Rome - St. Peter's]. Buonanni, Filippo. Numismata summorum pontificum templi vaticani fabricam indicantia. Rome, Cesaretti and Ercole, 1696. In 2nd (380 x 260 mm); xv, [1], 240 pages. Large intaglio mark depicting the Fame designed by Lenard and engraved by Giovanni Girolamo Frezza,88 full-page or folded copper-engraved plates (lightly browned.) Eighteenth-century half-leather binding with corners, friezes and gilt title on spine gusset (defect to upper cap).
Exemplar with beards of this first edition.This work is the first architectural history of St. Peter's Basilica, profusely illustrated with plans and cutaways of buildings, and with details of statues, coins, papal tombs and views, by Girolamo Frezza, Alessandro Specchi, Arnold van Westerhout, Jean-Charles Alet, Sante Bartoli and Carlo Patacchia. Cicognara 2780: "Work to be regarded as classic in this matter because of the doctrine and accuracy with which it is executed."
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