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ARINGHUS, Paulus. Roma subterranea novissima. Arnhem: Joannes Fridericus Hagius, 1671.
12° (130 x 75mm). Engraved title, large folding engraved plan and 48 numbered engraved plates (2 plates numbered 14 and 18, no plates numbered 22, 41 and 42), numerous woodcut text illustrations. (Folding plan with taped repair.) 18th-century central European silver repoussé binding, hammered through from behind, fore-edge clasp, unidentified mark on clasp. Provenance: Christoph Heinrich Dornemann (1682-1753, professor of Mathematics at Hamburg, inscription on front pastedown); Caspar Henricus Starckius, of Lbeck (title inscription); H.F. Schröder (title inscription).
An abridged version of Aringhi's translation and expansion of Antonio Bosio's work on the antiquities of Rome. Not in Schudt.
12° (130 x 75mm). Engraved title, large folding engraved plan and 48 numbered engraved plates (2 plates numbered 14 and 18, no plates numbered 22, 41 and 42), numerous woodcut text illustrations. (Folding plan with taped repair.) 18th-century central European silver repoussé binding, hammered through from behind, fore-edge clasp, unidentified mark on clasp. Provenance: Christoph Heinrich Dornemann (1682-1753, professor of Mathematics at Hamburg, inscription on front pastedown); Caspar Henricus Starckius, of Lbeck (title inscription); H.F. Schröder (title inscription).
An abridged version of Aringhi's translation and expansion of Antonio Bosio's work on the antiquities of Rome. Not in Schudt.