Della trasportatione dell'obelisco vaticano et delle fabriche di Nostro Signore papa Sisto v fatte dal cavallier Domenico Fontana

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Names: Bonifacio, Natale, 1538-1592 (Engraver); Fontana, Domenico, 1543-1607 (Author); Basa, Domenico, fl. 1579-1596 (Publisher)
Dates / Origin: Date Issued: 1590; Place: Roma; Publisher: Domenico Basa
Library locations: Rare Book Division; Shelf locator: Parsons *KB+ 1590 (Fontana, D. Della Trasportatione Dell' Obelisco Vaticano)
Topics: Sixtus V, Pope, 1520-1590; Obelisco Vaticano (Vatican City)
Genres: Books; Prints; Architectural drawings; Design drawings; Drawings
Notes: Numbering: Three of the plates are numbered 66 secondo, 75 secondo and 76 primo. Plate 65 is double and pl. 75 secondo is a folded plate of three leaves.; Content: With photograph of the mural in the Vatican Library depicting the moving of the obelisk, pasted on inside of back cover.; Citation/reference: Brunet, II, 1329; Content: Engraved half-title (Del Modo Tenvto Nel Trasportare L'Obelisco Vaticano. E Delle Fabriche Fatte Da Nostro Signore Sisto .V. Libro. P.⁰) with portrait of author within architectural border (including arms of Sixtus V and of Fontana), signed: Natalis Bonifacius Sibenicen. Dalmatinus Incidebat. Romæ. 1589.
Physical Description: Extent: 108, [4] l. 38 plates, port. 42 cm; Bound in vellum, gilt, with hand-painted super-libros of an unidentified member of the house of Aragon.; Engravings
Type of Resource: Still image; Text
Identifiers: RLIN/OCLC: 3359549; NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b13797212; Library of Congress Control Number: 64058226; Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): d48c2b70-c6db-012f-f254-58d385a7bc34