Main entry:

Sandrart, Joachim von, 1606-1688, author.

Title & Author:

Romae antiquae et novae theatrum, sive, Genuina ac vera urbis, juxta varios ejusdem status, delineatio topographica : unà cum primariis illius aedificiis ac monumentis, veluti templis, simulacris, circis, campis, theatris, arcubus, porticibus, columnis, statuis & sepulcris antiquis, praecipuè verò modernis templis, palatiis & aedificiis, nonaginta tabulis aeneis exhibitis & secundùm nobilioris architecturae simulac perspectivae regulas extructis, ruinisq́ue illustrioribus / curante Joachimo à Sandrart ...

Publication:

Norimbergae : Typis Christiani Sigismundi Frobergii, sumtibus autoris, anno Christi 1684.

Description:

[2], 15, [1] pages, [108] leaves of plates (some folded) : illustrations, maps, plans ; 40 cm (folio)

Notes:
Largely copied, without acknowledgement, from Falda's Palazzi di Roma. See: British Architectural Library.
The added engraved title (or frontispiece) includes the title in Latin and German. Plates are numbered I-XXXXXVIIII, with 12 additional plates whose numbers are distinguished from those of the main sequence by 1-3 asterisks. Of the total of 71 prints, 36 are printed across facing leaves; plate [28], a bird's-eye view of modern Rome, is double sheet. Some plates signed by etchers Johann Azelt, Johann Franck, Johann Meyer, and Johann Jakob von Sandrart.
Signatures: [pi]1 A-B⁴.
British Architectural Library. Early printed books, 1478-1840, 2894
Catalogo ragionato dei libri d'arte e d'antichità posseduti dal conte Cicognara, 3872
Verzeichnis der im deutschen Sprachraum erschienenen Drucke des 17. Jahrhunderts (VD 17), 23:300768B

Subject:

Oratorians Italy Naples Inscription.
Antiquities
Buildings
Rome (Italy) Antiquities Pictorial works Early works to 1800.
Rome (Italy) Buildings, structures, etc. Pictorial works Early works to 1800.
Rome (Italie) Antiquités Ouvrages illustrés Ouvrages avant 1800.
Italy Rome

Form/genre:

Bird's-eye views.
Early works
Pictorial works
Etchings.
Armorial bindings. CtY-BA

Added entries:

Falda, Giovanni Battista, approximately 1640-1678.
Azelt, Johann, 1654- engraver.
Franck, Johann, active 1659-1690, engraver.
Meyer, Johann, 1655- engraver.
Sandrart, Johann Jakob von, 1655-1698, engraver.
Frobergius, Christianus Sigismundus, 1650-approximately 1723, printer.
Germany Nurnberg.

Genuina ac vera urbis, juxta varios ejusdem status, delineatio topographica
German title on frontispiece : Dess alten und neuen Roms grosser Schauplatz

Holdings:

Location: Library main 87763
Call No.: ID:85-B12523
Status: Available