RUGA PIETRO
Pianta della città di Roma con la indicazione di tutte le antichità e nuovi abbellimenti pubblicata in Roma nell’anno MDCCCXXIII
Date: Rome,1823
Rome
Cod 7721
Subject: Rome
800,00 €
Copperplate engraving, mm 750x1130, mounted on coeval cloth and divided into 32 detachments. Bears note at bottom “Publicata spese di Venanzio Monaldini Libraio e Cartolaro in Piaz.ª di Spagna Nº19 an.º 1823.” Very well preserved. First edition of this large plan by Monaldini, depicting the city within the city walls, as engraved on a stone slab. On the sides the plan is enriched with 16 small views depicting some of the major monuments: St. Peter's Basilica; Basilica of S.M. Maggiore; Agrippa's Pantheon; Roman Forum; Basilica of St. John Lateran; Basilica of St. Paul; Capitoline Hill; Flavian Amphitheater; Pyramid of C. Cestius; Trajan's Forum; and Mount Horse. On the sides of the plan there is then a long list of place names. C. Marigliani, Le Piante di Roma delle collezioni private, p. 318-319, no. 249
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