Main entry:

Mercati, Michele, 1541-1593.

Title & Author:

De gli obelischi di Roma : ‡b alla Santità di N.S. Sisto Quinto Pontefice Massimo / di monsig. Michele Mercati Protonot. Apostolico

Publication:

In Roma : Appresso Domenico Basa, MDLXXXIX (1589)

Description:

[20], 399, [41] pages ; 24 cm (4to)

Notes:
Signatures: *⁴ 2*⁶ A-3I⁴.
Engraving: engraved title vignette featuring the papal arms of Pope Sisto V flanked by figures of Justice (holding scales), and Peace (holding olive branch).
Woodcuts: ornamental initials, including one large initial 48x48 mm; head- and tail-pieces.
Text printed in large italic type; marginal notes in small roman type.
Mercati's dedicatory preface addressed to Pope Sixtus V, is dated March 5, 1589 in Cracovia (Kraków, Poland).
Includes index.
Issues known to be in contemporary vellum bindings.
With: Considerationi di monsig. Michele Mercati. In Roma : Appresso Domenico Basa, 1590. DSI
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 434
Catalogo ragionato dei libri d’arte e d’antichità posseduti dal conte Cicognara, 2534

Subject:

Obelisks Egypt History.
Obelisks Italy Rome Early works to 1800.
Obelisks Italy Rome.
Obélisques Italie Rome.
Obélisques Égypte Histoire.
Obélisques Italie Rome Ouvrages avant 1800.
Antiquities
Obelisks
Antiquités romaines.
Obélisques Italie Rome (Italie)
Rome (Italy) Antiquities Early works to 1800.
Rome (Italy) Buildings, structures, etc.
Rome (Italy) Antiquities.
Rom Monumente.
Rome (Italie) Antiquités.
Rome (Italie) Antiquités Ouvrages avant 1800.
Roma (Italia, Ciudad) Descripción
Roma Historia
Egipto Historia
Italy Rome

Form/genre:

Vellum bindings.

Added entries:

Sixtus V, Pope, 1520-1590, dedicatee.
Basa, Domenico, active 1579-1596, printer.
Burndy Library, donor.
Italy Rome.

Holdings:

Location: Library cage 210230
Call No.: NA1120 .M4 1589
Status: Available