Rome. Martinelli, Agostino. Descrittione di diversi... Lot 220

[Rome]. Martinelli, Agostino. Descrittione di diversi ponti esistenti sopra li fiumi Nera, e Tevere. Rome, Nicolò Angelo Tinassi, 1676. In 4° (205 x 150 mm);[8], 58, [2] pages.Xylographic vignette on title page, copper-engraved antiporta with portrait of Innocent XI Odescalchi, 22 copper-engraved plates outside text,of which several are folded, attributed to Agostino Martinelli, Albert Gnoli, and Michel Angelo Marinari (woodworm holes at inner margin of first fascicle, occasional browning.) Contemporary vellum binding (lacks on spine). Boards in fresh condition from this first edition. The projectdidescription of bridges starts from the risk of collapse of the bridge over the Nera River near Narni. In fact, the author takes his cue from it to elaborate on the descriptions of the courses of the Nera and the Tiber, and includes "all liPontiprincipali, which facilitate sopradiquesti the transit."