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ZABAGLIA, Niccola (1664-1750). . Castelli, e Ponti... e con la descrizione del trasporto dell' obelisco vaticano... del... Domenico Rossi. Rome: Niccolo & Marco Pagliarini, 1743.
2° (478 x 365mm). Parallel titles and text in Italian and Latin. Engraved title vignettes, portrait of Zabaglia, 54 plates by Vasi, Specchi and others after Rostagni and Fontana (4 double-page, 18 of the moving of the Obelisk), 21 folding leaves printed recto only of letterpress explanatory text. (Spotting, occasionally heavy, single wormhole in lower blank margin of text leaves.) Contemporary vellum (somewhat soiled, old ink spill on upper cover). Cicognara 968; Berlin Kat. 2755.
2° (478 x 365mm). Parallel titles and text in Italian and Latin. Engraved title vignettes, portrait of Zabaglia, 54 plates by Vasi, Specchi and others after Rostagni and Fontana (4 double-page, 18 of the moving of the Obelisk), 21 folding leaves printed recto only of letterpress explanatory text. (Spotting, occasionally heavy, single wormhole in lower blank margin of text leaves.) Contemporary vellum (somewhat soiled, old ink spill on upper cover). Cicognara 968; Berlin Kat. 2755.