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<dl><dd>Bound with: Insignium Romae templorum prospectus (Nuremberg : Johann Jakob von Sandrart, 1690?)</dd>
<dd>Binding: mottled calfskin. Spine tooled in gilt, with titles of both works on labels. Edges of boards gilt rolled. Page edges sprinkled red &amp; brown</dd>
<dd>Theodore Besterman's calligraphic label signed by P.S. (Percy John Smith?). Property stamp reading "Royal Institution, Scotland, 1819" on title verso, and in a smaller version on rectos of plates</dd>
<dd>Mostly etched copies in reverse of 39 of the 50 plates of: Disegni di vari altari e cappelle nelle chiese di Roma... date in luce da Gio. Giacomo de Rossi nella sua stamparia in Roma alla Pace. This work is first mentioned in the de Rossi Index of 1689; see Indice delle stampe de' Rossi, p. 400</dd>
<dd>Approximate date of publication based on publisher's years of activity. See VD17</dd>
<dd>Plates are double page except XVIII and XIX, which are single page, printed on one sheet. Plate count includes title, with engraving whose legend is taken from the de Rossi original: Ciro Ferri invent. Plates II-XXXIX lack legends, but XL provides "Index figurarum," identifying churches, architects, patrons, etc</dd>
<dd>VD17</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Altars; Chapels; Church buildings</div>
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<dl><dd>Sandrart, Joachim von, 1606-1688</dd>
<dd>Ferri, Ciro, 1634-1689</dd>
<dd>Sandrart, Johann Jakob von, 1655-1698</dd></dl></div>
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