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L'antichita di Roma

Marliani, Giovanni Bartolomeo (1560); Barbarasa, Ercole

1548

First ed. in Italian of: Topographia antiquae Romae. Place of publication and publisher statement from colophon. Signatures: [cross]⁸, A-O⁸ ([cross]2 signed [2). Woodcut map of Rome at the t...

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De gli obelischi di Roma

Mercati, Michele (1541-1593)

1589

Signatures: *⁴ **⁶ A-3I⁴. Title vignette (papal arms).

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Roma trionfante di Biondo da Forli

Biondo Flavio (1392-1463); Fauno, Lucio

1544

Imprint from colophon.

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Le antichità della città di Roma

Gamucci, Bernardo; Porcacchi, Thomaso (1530-1585?)

1569

Errors in foliation: leaves 76 and 136 numbered 67 and 135 respectively. Imprint from colophon. Printer's device on title page and last leaf.

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Discorsi sopra l'antichità di Roma

Scamozzi, Vincenzo (1548-1616); Ziletti, Francesco; Pittoni, Battista (1520-1584?); Porro, Girolamo (1520-1604?)

1583

Plates have descriptive text on verso. Second issue of what has been considered the first edition, issued by Ziletti in 1582. However, Adams (Cambridge cat., vol. 2, S601) records a 1581 Ziletti edi...

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[Mirabilia vel potius historia et descriptio urbis Romae]
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[Mirabilia vel potius historia et descriptio urbis Romae]

Silber, Eucharius (1480-1510); Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)

[24 January 1491]

Signatures: A-G⁸ H⁴. Imprint from ISTC. Printed with 22 long lines to a full page. At the head of leaf A4r is an heraldic woodcut containing the arms of the Holy Roman Emperor, the Pope (Ale...

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Convulsio caluminarum Ulrichi Veleni Minhomiensis, quibus Petrum nunquam Romae fuisse cavillatur

Fisher, Saint John (1469-1535); Velenus, Ulrichus (1495-1531)

1522

Imprint from colophon.

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Domici Palladii Sorani Epigrammaton Libelli : Libellus elegiarum. Genethliacon urbis Romae. In locutuleium

Palladius, Domicus Soranus (1460-1533); Sessa, Giovanni Battista (1489-1505); Vitali, Bernardino dei (1494-1539); Lyell, James P R (1871-1948); Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)

M.CCCC.XCVIII.Die. XVI.Mensis Maii. [16 May 1498]

Signatures: a-e⁴ f-g⁶ h-i⁴. Imprint from colophon. Colophon on i1v reads: Venetiis p[er] Io. Baptista[m] de Sessa Mediolanensem.M.CCCC.XCVIII.Die. XVI.Mensis Maii. Printer's mark below the ti...

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Coin

Denomination: quinarius

Date(s): 211-23 BCE

Material: silver


Coin

Denomination: follis

Date(s): 312-10-313-05

Issuer/creator: Constantine I (306-37)

Place: London

Material: copper alloy


Coin

Denomination: siliqua

Date(s): 367-08-24-375-11-17

Issuer/creator: Valens (364-78)

Place: Trier

Material: silver


Coin

Denomination: siliqua

Date(s): 367-08-24-375-11-17

Issuer/creator: Gratian (367-83)

Place: Trier

Material: silver