Entrée principale:

Mercati, Michele, 1541-1593.

Titre et auteur:

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

Publication:

In Roma : Appresso Domenico Basa, M.D. LXXXIX [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.
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

Sujet:

Obelisks Italy Rome.
Obélisques Italie Rome.
Antiquities.
Obelisks.
Antiquités romaines.
Obélisques Italie Rome (Italie)
Rome (Italy) Antiquities.
Rom Monumente.
Rome (Italie) Antiquités.
Roma (Italia, Ciudad) Descripción
Roma Historia
Egipto Historia
Italy Rome.

Classification/genre:

Vellum (parchment) bindings.

Vedettes secondaires:

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

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque cage 210230
Cote: NA1120 .M4 1589
Statut: Disponible