Main entry:

Pratilli, Francesco Maria, 1689-1763, author.

Title & Author:

Della via Appia riconosciuta e descritta da Roma a Brindisi libri IV / di Francesco Maria Pratilli ; all'illustriss. ed eccellentiss. signore il signor conte d. Egidio Gaetano dell'Aquila d'Aragona de' duchi di Laurenzano gentiluomo di camera del re nostro signore.

Publication:

In Napoli : Per Giovanni di Simone, MDCCXLV [1745]

Description:

[8], 566, [2] pages, [4] folded leaves of plates : illustrations; maps ; 32 cm (fol.)

Notes:
Signatures: a⁴ A-N⁴ O⁶ P-3Z⁴ 4A⁶.
Date of publication precedes printer's name on title page.
Engraved title vignette (motto: Sub terris quaerebat iter); tail pieces; initials. Head-piece on first page of each book, signed by Ferdinando Strina.
Title page printed in red and black; italic and roman type.
Identical copper-plate engravings (motto: Quo te via ducit) at beginning of each book.
Errata on page [568].
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cicognara, 3846

Subject:

Inscriptions, Latin Italy Early works to 1800.
Roads, Roman Italy Early works to 1800.
Voies romaines Italie Ouvrages avant 1800.
Classical antiquities
Inscriptions, Latin
Roads, Roman
Appian Way (Italy) Maps Early works to 1800.
Italy Antiquities, Roman Early works to 1800.
Italy
Italy Appian Way

Form/genre:

etchings (prints)
Etchings
Early works
Maps
Eaux-fortes (Gravures)

Added entries:

Strina, Ferdinando, active 1730-1760, illustrator.
Di Simone, Giovanni, active 1741-1752, printer.
Italy Naples.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 132440
Call No.: IDX A1927; ID:86-B7727
Status: Available