Joannis Ciampini Romani. Vetera Monimenta. In quibus praecipue Musiva Opera Sacrarum, Profanarumque Aedium Structura, Ac Nonnulli Antiqui Ritus, Dissertationibus, Iconibusque Illustratur. Pars Prima. [First Edition]. Romae [Rome], Ex Typographia Joannis Jacobi Komarek Bohemi, apud S. Angelum Custodem, [1690]. 33 x 23 cm. Frontispiece, title page, (12) [Dedication etc.], (6) [Praefatio], (2) [Index Capitum], 276 pages plus 22 pages [Index Rerum], (2) [Errara + Blank]. With a frontispiece and 71 further plates of which 16 are folding and one is in text. See comments below for list of plates. Later modern cloth. New end papers. Fore edge deckle. Good condition with several plates being absent. Binding rubbed, bumped and stained. Internally age darkened and occasionally spotted. Some stains and small tears. Remains an impressive folio with more than 70 original architectural copper plate engravings. Please review all ten images to gain better insight in the condition of the book and its binding.

Some of the plates in the book are bound in the wrong position, usually close to their correct position in the book. This applies to Plates 8, 18, 53, 54 & 59. The following Plates are missing from the book: Plates 11, 22, 29, 33, 34 & 41. Plate 44 shows small losses. Plate 76 is ton in two at the fold.

• Keywords: Archeology & Antiquities · Architecture · Art · Classical & Old Literature · History · History & Culture · Reference · Reference · Religion
• Language: Latin
• First edition
• Inventory Number: 103035AB

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