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<dl><dd>No more published. The 2nd book appeared as part of Costantino Vitale's Naples ed. of 1604</dd>
<dd>The engraved and letterpress leaves are numbered in a single sequence, with the addition of engraved leaves 66 secondo, 75 secondo and 76 primo. Leaf 65 is a double-page engraving, mounted on a stub at the centerfold, and 75 secondo is a folded double-page engraving. Leaves 97 &amp; 98 form a double-page plate, mounted on a stub at the centerfold. The leaf following leaf 6 is blank (conjugate with main title leaf). Second leaf is added engraved t.p. with port. of Fontana, his arms at foot and those of Sixtus V at head. Ornaments and initials in various styles. At foot of T3 is a blind impression of the headline for the left-hand pages, as noted by Mortimer in all 3 Harvard copies</dd>
<dd>Includes index, errata and register on the 4 leaves at end</dd>
<dd>Mortimer, R. Italian 16th cent.</dd>
<dd>Following leaf 108 in the Getty copy are two double-page engravings, hinged in at the centerfold, that do not form part of the published work. Both are by Natal Bonafacio after Giovanni Guerra. The first is an enlarged version of the engraving on leaf 22, which depicts the Piazza with the obelisk en route, its four faces depicted at the left and right margins (image 49.8 x 36.7 cm.). The arms of Sixtus V appear at the head in place of "Concordia," and a panel with explanatory text has been added at the foot. The imprint is Rome, Bartolomeo Grassi. The second extra engraving is a view of the raised obelisk with the facade of St. Peter's in the background (image 50.3 x 36.8 cm.). The same imprint has been imperfectly effaced at the foot, and in addition it bears the date 1587</dd>
<dd>Binding: later calfskin, rebacked and repaired. Double gilt fillets along margins of boards. Page edges red</dd>
<dd>Centered on front pastedown is Giovanni Muzio's etched bookplate by Giacomo Manzù. At upper right of title is inscribed: ?Doglae</dd>
<dd>[1], 108 [i.e. 111], [5] leaves, 38 leaves of plates (some folded) : 44 cm (fol.)</dd>
<dd>Signatures: A-L⁶ [M]⁶ N-S⁶ T⁴ (collation includes engravings which are conjugate; [M] gathering is wholly engravings)</dd>
<dd>Engraver statement follows imprint on title page</dd>
<dd>First edition. This "Libro primo" was the only one published of this edition. The Second edition of 1604 added a second book</dd>
<dd>With 2 title pages, both engraved, the first consisting completely of text and dated 1590, the second illustrated and dated 1589. The colophon is dated 1590</dd>
<dd>With 38 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</dd>
<dd>"Errori": T3v</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Sixtus V, Pope, 1520-1590; Obelisco vaticano (Vatican City); Obelisks -- Vatican City -- Early works to 1800; Buildings; Obelisks; Vatican City -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Early works to 1800; Vatican City</div>
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Fontana, Domenico, 1543-1607</div>
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