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<dl><dd>Each pt. paged and signed separately. Pts. 2-5 have separate dedications</dd>
<dd>Pt. 1 deals generally with the antiquities of Rome, pt. 2 with the Pantheon, pt. 3 with sculpture, pt. 4 with painting, pt. 5 with the Roman Forum</dd>
<dd>Title vignette: coat of arms of Pope Sixtus V, the first dedicatee</dd>
<dd>Giovanni Osmarino Gigliotti's device on verso of last leaf</dd>
<dd>Paging: [8], 26, [6], 27, [5], 17, [3], 20, [2], 5, [1] p</dd>
<dd>Signatures: pi A-C D² †² ²A-C D² *² A-B C² A-B C² A</dd>
<dd>Schudt</dd>
<dd>Sloan candidate</dd>
<dd>Binding: old limp vellum. Written on bottom of text block: Roma Hospes</dd>
<dd>Old shelf mark at head of title, later amended</dd>
<dd>106 unnumbered pages : 23 cm</dd>
<dd>Title vignette (coat of arms of Pope Sixtus V, to whom the book is dedicated)</dd>
<dd>Device of I. Osmarinus on verso of last leaf</dd>
<dd>Each part has separate paging</dd>
<dd>The third part, "De scvlptvra, et pictvra antiqvorvm," and the fourth part, "Pictvra," have been included by Laet in his edition of Vitruvius, Amsterdam, 1649 and by Gronovius in the Thesavrvs graecarvm antiqvitatvm (1697-1702) t. IX</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Art, Roman; Art, Classical; Art, Roman -- Early works to 1800; Art, Classical -- Early works to 1800; Antiquities; Rome (Italy) -- Antiquities; Italy -- Rome</div>
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Montjosieu, Louis de, active 16th century</div>
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