MARLIANI, Bartolomeo - Urbis Romae topographia B. Marliani a - Lot 252

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MARLIANI, Bartolomeo - Urbis Romae topographia B. Marliani a - Lot 252
MARLIANI, Bartolomeo - Urbis Romae topographia B. Marliani ad Franciscum regem Gallorum eiusdem urbis liberatorem invictum. Rome, Valerio & Luigi Dorico, 1544. In-folio, 6 ff. 122 pp. 23 engraved figs. in text, one double-page folding map of ancient Rome, some light foxing and spotting, ms. bookplate on title, modern ivory vellum with flaps. FOWLER, 189. MORTIMER 284. SCHUDT 605. Third edition, the first illustrated. It is dedicated to King Francis I. The text, compared to the first and second editions of 1534, has been completely revised. A copy of the very first edition according to Mortimer's remarks. The large plan is by the calligrapher Giovanni Battista Palatino. The figures include the first representation of the famous sculpture of the Laocoon group
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