Templum Vaticanum et ipsius origo / Il Tempio Vaticano e sua origine The Vatican Sanctuary and Its Origin AN AMBITIOUS VISUAL, INTELLECTUAL, AND TYPOGRAPHIC ENTERPRISE

by Carlo Fontana

$6,000 · Offered by Eric Chaim Kline Bookseller · No longer available

First edition

Rome: Gio Francesco Buagni, 1694. First edition. Contemporary vellum over boards. Folio. 32 , 489, 29: indexes Latin and Italian ; register pp. Irregular pagination with hiatuses in the page numbers to accomodate the engraved plates. Latin and Italian text in parallel columns within plain double border throughout. Two title pages Latin and Italian , each with woodcut devices with papal tiara; half titles for each book;

• Binding: Leather

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