Entrée principale:

Fontana, Domenico, 1543-1607.

Titre et auteur:

Della trasportatione dell'obelisco vaticano et delle fabriche di nostro signore Papa Sisto V / fatte dal cavallier Domenico Fontana ... ; intagliata da Natal Bonifatio da Sibenico.

Publication:

In Roma : Appresso Domenico Basa, 1590.

Description:

[1], 108 [i.e. 111], [5] leaves : illustrations (copperplate engravings, some folded) ; 33 cm (fol.)

Notes:
Engraver statement follows imprint on t.p.
First edition. This 'Libro primo' was the only one published of this ed.; the second ed. of 1604 added a second book.
With 2 t.p., both engraved, the first consisting completely of text and dated 1590, the second illustrated and dated 1589. Colophon is dated 1590.
With 37 full-page copperplate engravings, of which most are printed on text sheets and 6 are disjunct leaves. Numbered sequentially with text leaves with the addition of 66², 75², and 76¹.
Dibner, B. Heralds of science, 174
Mortimer, R. Italian books, 193

Ressources:
Online version of Library of Congress, Rare Book and Special Collections Division copy

Sujet:

Sixtus V, Pope, 1520-1590.
Vatican City. Obelisk.
Obelisks.
Obélisques.

Vedettes secondaires:

Bonifacio, Natale, engraver.

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque cage m 71361
Cote: W3224
Statut: Disponible