Delle Magnificenze di Roma

Delle Magnificenze di Roma Facsimile Edition

The Sicilian engraver and Giuseppe Vasi published the ten-volume Delle Magnificenze di Roma from 1747 to 1760. Each volume focuses on a particular aspect of Rome, such as gates and walls, parish churches, or bridges over the Tiber River. The series includes more than 200 full-page engravings of Rome as seen in the mid-eighteenth century and thirty-five in-text illustrations, most of which are signed by Vasi and list him as draftsman and engraver. Vasi is most likely the author of the texts as well, except the first and second volumes.

We have 1 facsimile edition of the manuscript "Delle Magnificenze di Roma": Delle magnificenze di Roma antica e moderna facsimile edition, published by Salerno Editrice, 1992

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Alternative Titles: The Books of Giuseppe Vasi -- Monumenti Sagri e Profani delle Quattro Età di Roma -- Delle Magnificenze di Roma Antica e Moderna
Physical Features: Printed book on paper − 31 × 43 cm − ca. 240 engravings in 10 vols.
Origin: 1747-1760 − Rome (Italy)
Genre(s): Chronicles / History / Laws, Geography
Style: Post-Renaissance
Language(s): Italian
Script(s): Print
Artist(s) / School(s): Giuseppe Vasi
Content: Texts on the antique and early modern buildings of Rome by Giuseppe Vasi and others, accompanied by engravings by Giuseppe Vasi
Illumination: ca. 200 full-page engravings; 35 smaller engravings

Printed book description compiled by Dongwon Esther Kim.

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Delle magnificenze di Roma antica e moderna

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Limited Edition: 999 copies

Full-size color reproduction of the entire original document, Delle Magnificenze di Roma: the facsimile attempts to replicate the look-and-feel and physical features of the original document; pages are trimmed according to the original format; the binding might not be consistent with the current document binding.

Delle Magnificenze di Roma Facsimile Edition