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ROME -- FONTANA, C. Templum Vaticanum et ipsius origo. Roma, G.F. Buagni, 1694. (32), 489, (29) pp. Parallel title and text in Latin and Italian, 79 engraved plates and plans (10 folding) by Alessandro Specchi after Carlo Fontana. Fol. 19th c. hcf. extra w. raised bands, dec. gilt back, and red label. (Upper hinge broken, new endpapers, stain on first 10 lvs., (slightly) browned/foxed in places, but a fine, uncut copy with ample margins).
First edition of this lavish book about the buildings of the Vatican. Pope Innocent XI commissioned this work from Fontana in 1680, partly to quell rumours that the dome of St. Peter's was collapsing. The work is divided into seven books: book I deals with the antique site of St. Peter's; book II the basilica constructed by Emperor Constantine in about 320; book III the transportation in 1585 of the obelisk to its present site in the square in front of St. Peter's; book IV the square and Bernini's oval colonnade; book V a detailed survey of the fabric of St. Peter's; book VI the relative cost of St. Peter's in comparison with the Temple of Solomon; book VII a comparison of St. Peter's, the Pantheon and the Duomo in Florence. - Berlin Kat., 2678; Fowler, 122; Millard, Italian Books, 38; Cicognara, 3731.€ 4500
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