Main entry:

Fulvio, Andrea, active 1510-1543.

Title & Author:

Andreae Fuluij Sabini antiquarij De urbis antiquitatibus libri quinque, item, De urbis eiusdem laudibus oratio ; In populi Ro. laudem elegeia ; De Romuli, & Remi expositione egloga : quae cuncta, me[n]dis omnibus quib[us] prior editio squallebat : nuper excussa ac repurgata : indice copiosissimo ordinatissimoq[ue] repposito.

Publication:

In urbium Principe Roma foeliciter sedente Diuo Paulo III Pontifice opt. Max. : Per M. Valerium Doricum, & Aloisium fratrem Brixianos, anno Virginei partus 1545 idus Nouembris [13 Nov.]

Description:

56 unnumbered pages, 417 [i.e. 420] pages, 4 unnumbered pages ; 17 cm. (8vo)

Notes:
Imprint from colophon. In colophon date of publication precedes publisher statement.
Signatures: A-C⁸ D⁴ ²A-2C⁸ 2D⁴ [$4 signed ( -A1,D3,D4,2D3,2D4)].
Prelim. leaf D4 is blank.
Many errors in pagination. P. [415]-[420] misnumbered 414, 416, 418-420, 417.
Woodcuts: title vignette of seated figure of Minerva in battle armor, holding a spear in right hand, and a tiny statue of Nike, goddess of victory, in her left palm; at her feet the she-wolf suckles Romulus and Remus (Minerva was one of the Capitoline Triad, the three deities who were worshipped in ancient Rome); the Dorico Pegasus device on last page; large ornamental white initials at the beginning of each of the five books.
Text printed in italic type.
Errata: pages [2]-[3] at end.
Includes index.
Adams, H.M. Catalogue of books printed on the continent of Europe, 1501-1600, in Cambridge libraries, F-1153
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 283
EDIT 16, CNCE 19994

Summary:

One of the many editions of Andrea Fulvio's Antiquitates urbis, the first antiquarian topographic guide to Rome, extensively used by all later authors.

Resources:
Volltext // Exemplar mit der Signatur: München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek -- Arch. 54
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Volltext // 2009 digitalisiert von: Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, München. Exemplar der Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek mit der Signatur: Arch. 54
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Subject:

Antiquities.
Rome (Italy) Guidebooks Early works to 1800.
Rome (Italy) Antiquities Early works to 1800.
Rome History.
Rome (Italie) Antiquités Ouvrages avant 1800.
Rome Histoire.
Italy Rome.
Rome (Empire)

Form/genre:

Vellum (parchment) bindings.
Early works.
Guidebooks.
History.

Added entries:

Dorico, Valerio, -1565, printer.
Dorico, Luigi, active 1532-1558, printer.
Italy Rome,

Andreae Fulvii Sabini antiquarii De urbis antiquitatibus libri quinque
De urbis antiquitatibus libri quinque

Holdings:

Location: Library cage y 229369
Call No.: DG62.5 .F8 1545
Status: Available