Altaria et sacella varia templorum Romae : a celeberrimis quondam architectis structa, quibus sistuntur singulorum orthographia exterior scenographia, ichnographia cum additis ubique mensuris.

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Mostly etched copies in reverse of 40 of the 50 illustrations in: Disegni di vari altari e cappelle nelle chiese di Roma ... date in luce da Gio. Giacomo de Rossi nella sua stamparia in Roma alla Pace. This work is first mentioned in the de Rossi Index of 1689; see Indice delle stampe de' Rossi, p. 400.
In the present variant, illustrations XVIII and XIX are printed on separate sheets.
Approximate date of publication based on publisher's years of activity. See VD17.
Etched throughout, including title sheet. All illustrations, including the title sheet, are numbered (from I to XXXIX). The "Index figurarum", on sheet XL, identifies churches, architects, patrons, etc.
Verzeichnis der im deutschen Sprachraum erschienenen Drucke des 17. Jahrhunderts (VD 17) 12:650144Y
BAC N7420 .S26e+: Bound with: Insignium Romae templorum prospectus exteriores et interiores, a celebrioribus architectis inuenti (Norimbergae : Sumptibus Ioannis Iacobi de Sandrart, [1690?]). The volume bound in later red leather, stamped in gold on front covers with armorial of Mark Masterman Sykes, baronet, of Sledmere, beneath the initials S.M.M. Armorial bookplates: John, Duke of Bedford; "Du cabinet de [blank]".