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Creator:: Fontana, Domenico, 1543-1607
Title:: Della trasportatione dell'obelisco vaticano et delle fabriche di nostro signore papa Sisto V / fatte dal cavallier Domenico Fontana, architetto di Sva Santita.
Alternate Title(s):: Title on added title page, Book 1: Del modo tenvto nel trasportare l'obelisco vaticano, e delle fabriche fatte da nostro signore Sisto V, Libro p.o
Published / Created:: In Roma : Apresso Domenico Basa, MDXC [1590, that is 1604]
In Napoli : Apresso Costantino Vitale, 1604.
Physical Description:: 2 volumes (94 [i.e. 100], [1] leaves; 30 [i.e. 34], [1] leaves) : illustrations, portraits, plans ; 43 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:: Copyright Not Evaluated
Related Content:: View the catalog record for Bonifacio's Disegno del modo di condurre l'obelisco detto uolgarm[en]te la guglia dal luogo remoto dietro la Chiesa di S. Pietro http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/11996869
Classification:: Books
Notes:: Engraved title page of Domenico Basa's Roman edition of 1590 is retained for Book 1. Imprint from colophon of Book 1.
Subject Terms:: Sixtus V, Pope, 1520–1590. | Obelisco vaticano (Vatican City) | Obelisks -- Italy -- Rome. | Piazza San Pietro (Vatican City) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Early works to 1800. | Rome (Italy) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Early works to 1800. | Vatican City -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Early works to 1800. | Roumieu, Abraham, 1734–1780 -- Autograph. | Goodricke, Matthew, 1588?-1645 -- Autograph. | Bullocke, Richard, active 1666 -- Provenance.
Form/Genre:: Engravings (prints) | Extra-illustrated copies (Provenance)
Contributors:: Bonifacio, Natale, 1538–1592, engraver. | Basa, Domenico, active 1579–1596. | Vitale, Costantino, active 16th century-17th century, publisher.