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POMPONIUS LAETUS, Julius. De Romanae urbis vetustate, edited by Marianus de Blanchellis. Rome: Jacopo Mazzocchi, 1510.
4°. Woodcut architectural title border, printer's mark at end. (Small wormholes, light dampstain, stamp removed from title.) Modern calf-backed paper boards by Honnelaître.
First separate edition of this guide to the antiquities of Rome by Pomponius Laetus (1428-98). In describing individual monuments, it begins with the Colosseum and ends with the Temple of Jupiter on the Capitol; it then lists sites under 14 regional headings and finally lists bridges, fora, basilicae, baths, roads, etc. The work was included in Pomponius's Opera, published the same year. BL STC Italian, p. 532; Schudt 577.
4°. Woodcut architectural title border, printer's mark at end. (Small wormholes, light dampstain, stamp removed from title.) Modern calf-backed paper boards by Honnelaître.
First separate edition of this guide to the antiquities of Rome by Pomponius Laetus (1428-98). In describing individual monuments, it begins with the Colosseum and ends with the Temple of Jupiter on the Capitol; it then lists sites under 14 regional headings and finally lists bridges, fora, basilicae, baths, roads, etc. The work was included in Pomponius's Opera, published the same year. BL STC Italian, p. 532; Schudt 577.