Main entry:

Marliani, Bartolomeo, -1560.

Title & Author:

Vrbis Romae topographia B. Marliani ad Franciscum regem Gallorum eiusdem urbis liberatorem inuictum : ‡b adiecta priori eiusdem auctoris topographiae editioni in hoc opere sunt, urbis, atque insignium in ea aedificiorum descriptiones, compluràque alia memoratu digna, errores nonnulli sublati, tituli, inscriptionèsque non aliter, quàm ipsis inerant marmoribus, emendatissime expressi, qui ab alijs hactenus neglecto ordine, & perperam in luce[m] editi inueniuntur.

Publication:

Romae : In aedibus Valerij Dorici & Aloisij fratris, Academiae Romanae impressorum, mense setembris MDXLIIII [Sept. 1544]

Description:

[12], 122, [2] pages : illustrations (woodcuts), maps, plans ; 34 cm (folio)

Notes:
Imprint from colophon.
First issue contains note to reader on page 211 [i.e. 121] above errata (leaf L₅r), and printing privilege conferred by Pope Paul III on page 122 (leaf L₅v). According to Harvard College Library. Catalogue of books and manuscripts. Italian 16th century books, the privilege was omitted entirely from second issue when leaves L₂ and L₅ were reset to accommodate additions to the errata.
Signatures: a⁶ A-B⁴ C-L⁶.
Woodcuts: large white historiated initials; large white-on-black foliated initials; the Dorico printer's device on p. [1] at end, featuring Pegasus scaling a rocky cliff, with motto "Invia virtuti nulla est via", within oval medallion; text includes 23 woodcut illustrations: 2 maps (including a double-page map of Rome signed by the calligrapher Giovanni Battista Palatino), 9 architectural plans, and twelve drawings of statues--Laocoön and his sons, and the Etruscan bronze Capitoline Wolf are of particular note--and buildings and architectural details, such as the Pantheon, Constantine's Church of Santa Costanza, and the Arch of Septimus.
Text printed in small italic type.
Includes index of buildings in Roman.
Errata: page 211 [i.e. 121].
Harvard College Library. Catalogue of books and manuscripts. Italian 16th century books, no. 284
Fowler architectural collection of the Johns Hopkins University, no. 189
Short-title catalogue of books printed in Italy and of Italian books printed in other countries from 1465 to 1600 now in the British Museum, page 418
Adams, H.M. Catalogue of books printed on the continent of Europe, 1501-1600, in Cambridge libraries, M-610
Brunet, J.-C. Manuel du libraire et de l'amateur de livres (5e éd.), volume 3, column 1437
Schudt, L. Guide di Roma, 605
EDIT 16, CNCE 34273
Cicognara, 3378

Summary:

First illustrated edition of an early work on the classical art and architecture of Renaissance Rome, the first folio edition, and the third edition overall. Urbis Romae topographia, first printed by Antonio Blado in an octavo edition in 1534, was one of the most popular scholarly guidebooks on the archaeology and antiquities of Rome.

Subject:

Antiquities
Rome (Italy) Antiquities.
Rome (Italy)! Buildings, structures, etc.
Rome (Italy)! Description and travel! Early works to 1800.
Roma (İtalya) Eski eserler.
Rome (Italie) Antiquités.
Italy Rome
Rome (Italie) Antiquités Ouvrages avant 1800.

Form/genre:

Watermarks (Paper) Italy 16th century.

Added entries:

Palatino, Giovanni Battista, active 16th century, illustrator.
Dorico, Valerio, -1565, printer.
Dorico, Luigi, active 1532-1558, printer.
Urbis Romae topographia.

Urbis Romae topographia

Holdings:

Location: Library cage m 141159
Call No.: W3230
Status: Available