Della trasportatione dell'obelisco vaticano et delle fabriche di Nostro Signore papa Sisto V fatte dal cauallier Domenico Fontana architetto di Sua Santita.

Della trasportatione dell'obelisco vaticano et delle fabriche di Nostro Signore papa Sisto V fatte dal cauallier Domenico Fontana architetto di Sua Santita.

In Roma : Appresso Domenico Basa, MDXC [1590]

[1], 6, [1], 7-65, 65-66, 66-108, [3] leaves of plates : ill. (engravings) ; 43 cm (fol.)

With two title pages, both engraved, the first consisting completely of text and dated 1590, the second illustrated and dated 1589: Del modo tenuto nel transportare l'obelisco vaticano. Colophon dated 1590.

"Libro primo," no more published in this ed.; the 2nd ed. of 1604 added a 2nd book.

Signatures: pi² (pi1+A⁶) B-K⁶ L⁶ (L4+chi²) M-S⁶ T⁴.

Gathering A is inserted between the text t.p (pi1) and it's conjugate blank leaf (pi2). In the gathering chi² inserted in gathering L both leaves are numbered 65. R1 is a conjugate fold numbered 97-98.

Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 1991. Reign of the Horse (catalog p. 43)

Dibner, B. Heralds of science, 174
Mortimer, R. Italian books, 193

Italy -- Rome.

162- 382f

Imperfect: Title page containing only text is lacking. Engraved "portrait" t.p. is backed. Double plate inserted in gathering N is present but the single plate as called for in Mortimer is lacking. Bound in quarter goat over marbled paper boards; gold-stamped leather label and tooling on spine.

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