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FONTANA, Carlo (1638-1714). Templum Vaticanum et ipsius origo. Rome: Giovanni Francesco Buagni, 1694.
2° (441 x 320mm.). Parallel title and text in Latin and Italian. 79 engraved plates and plans by Alessandro Specchi after Fontana, 10 folding. (Small tear in outer blank margin of plate numbered 65, at fold of plate numbered 381 and into image area of plate numbered 487.) Contemporary panelled calf (neatly rebacked and cornered, old spine label laid down). Provenance: Charles, 1st Marquess of Ailesbury (1773-1843, armorial bookplate as Viscount Bruce); W. R. Jeudwine (booklabel).
A FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION. Pope Innocent XI commissioned this work from Fontana in 1680, partly to quell rumours that the dome of St. Peter's was collapsing. The work is divided into seven books: book I deals with the antique site of St. Peter's; book II the basilica constructed by Emperor Constantine in about 320; book III the transportation in 1585 of the obelisk to its present site in the square in front of St. Peter's; book IV the square and Bernini's oval colonnade; book V a detailed survey of the fabric of St. Peter's; book VI the relative cost of St. Peter's in comparison with the Temple of Solomon; book VII a comparison of St. Peter's, the Pantheon and the Duomo in Florence. Fowler 122; Berlin Kat. 2678.
2° (441 x 320mm.). Parallel title and text in Latin and Italian. 79 engraved plates and plans by Alessandro Specchi after Fontana, 10 folding. (Small tear in outer blank margin of plate numbered 65, at fold of plate numbered 381 and into image area of plate numbered 487.) Contemporary panelled calf (neatly rebacked and cornered, old spine label laid down). Provenance: Charles, 1st Marquess of Ailesbury (1773-1843, armorial bookplate as Viscount Bruce); W. R. Jeudwine (booklabel).
A FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION. Pope Innocent XI commissioned this work from Fontana in 1680, partly to quell rumours that the dome of St. Peter's was collapsing. The work is divided into seven books: book I deals with the antique site of St. Peter's; book II the basilica constructed by Emperor Constantine in about 320; book III the transportation in 1585 of the obelisk to its present site in the square in front of St. Peter's; book IV the square and Bernini's oval colonnade; book V a detailed survey of the fabric of St. Peter's; book VI the relative cost of St. Peter's in comparison with the Temple of Solomon; book VII a comparison of St. Peter's, the Pantheon and the Duomo in Florence. Fowler 122; Berlin Kat. 2678.