18
Scamozzi. Antichita di Roma.
fol.
1815 Catalogue, page 129, no. 18, Antichita di Roma del Scamozzi, fol.
SCAMOZZI,
Vicenzo.
Discorsi sopra l’Antichità di Roma, di Vicenzo Scamozzi, architetto vincentino; con XL tauole in rame. Venitia: appresso
F. Ziletti,
1582.
First Edition. Folio. No copy was available for collation. The work contains 40 double-page plates after B. Pittoni, with a printed description on the recto of each plate.
Brunet V, 180.
Graesse VI, 290.
Kimball, page 99.
Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue, with the price,
6.
For a note on Scamozzi, see no. 4178. This work was edited by Girolamo Porro, 1520-1604, Italian architect.
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Roma illustrata Donati.
4
to
1815 Catalogue, page 130, no. 8, as above.
DONATI,
Alessandro.
Alexandri Donati e Societate Jesu Roma vetus ac recens utriusque Ædificiis illustrata. In multis locis aucta, castigatior reddita, indice
locupletissimo, & Figuris Æneis illustrata. Editio ultima.
Amstelædami: prostant apud Janssonio-Waesbergios & Joannem Wolters, 1695. Cum privilegio. [Colophon] Campis, Typis Caspari
Cotii, Typographi & Bibliopolæ. 1694.
DG63 .D67 1695
4to. 196 leaves, title printed in red and black, engraved frontispiece, numerous full page and folded engraved plates, engravings
in the text.
Backer III, col. 133.
Kimball, page 93.
Rebound in half brown morocco by the Library of Congress in August 1909, with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate preserved.
Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. From the library of William Byrd of Westover, with his armorial bookplate preserved.
Alessandro Donati, 1584-1640, Italian professor and antiquary. The first edition of this work appeared in 1633.
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Ficoroni. Vestigia e rarita di Roma.
4
to.
1815 Catalogue, page 130, no. 9, Vestigia é rarita di Roma del Ficorone, 4to.
FICORONI,
Francesco de’.
Le Vestigia, e Raritá di Roma Antica ricercate, e spiegate da Francesco de’ Ficoroni Aggregato alla Reale Accademia di Francia. Libro Primo dedicato alla Santita’ di Nostro Signore Benedetto
xiv.
In
Roma
mdccxliv
. Nella Stamperia di
Girolamo Mainardi. Con Licenza de’ Superiori. [1744.]
DG62.5 .F5
First Edition. 4to. 2 part in 1, 104 and 43 leaves, with separate signatures and pagination, title printed in red and black, half
title only for the second part, engraved symbolic frontispiece with portrait, engraved vignette on the title-page, engraved
pictorial initials, one with a portrait, 38 full-page and 4 folded engraved plates, numerous plates in the text; the greater
number of the plates are unsigned, a folded plate is by Max: I: Pragensis after Franciscus Viera, and another by Io. de Franceschi after Saluator de Franceschi.
Brunet II, 1246.
Kimball, page 94.
Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue with the price,
15.0.
Francesco de’ Ficoroni, 1664-1747, Italian antiquary and collector, was a member of a number of learned societies including the Royal Societies
of London and Paris, and was himself the founder of the Colonia Esquilina degli Inculti at Rome.
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