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Creator:
Sandrart, Joachim von, 1606–1688
Title(s):
Romae antiquae et novae theatrum, sive, Genuina ac vera urbis, juxta varios ejusdem status, delineatio topographica : unà cum primariis illius aedificiis ac monumentis, veluti templis, simulacris, circis, campis, theatris, arcubus, porticibus, columnis, statuis & sepulcris antiquis, praecipuè verò modernis templis, palatiis & aedificiis, nonaginta tabulis aeneis exhibitis & secundùm nobilioris architecturae simulac perspectivae regulas extructis, ruinisq́ue illustrioribus / curante Joachimo à Sandrart ...
Additional Title(s):

Genuina ac vera urbis, juxta varios ejusdem status, delineatio topographica

German title on frontispiece : Dess alten und neuen Roms grosser Schauplatz
Published/Created:
Norimbergae : Typis Christiani Sigismundi Frobergii, sumtibus autoris, anno Christi 1684.
Physical Description:
[2], 15, [1] pages, [108] leaves of plates (some folded) : illustrations, maps, plans ; 40 cm (folio)
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
N7420 .S26d+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Largely copied, without acknowledgement, from Falda's Palazzi di Roma. See: British Architectural Library.
The added engraved title (or frontispiece) includes the title in Latin and German. Plates are numbered I-XXXXXVIIII, with 12 additional plates whose numbers are distinguished from those of the main sequence by 1-3 asterisks. Of the total of 71 prints, 36 are printed across facing leaves; plate [28], a bird's-eye view of modern Rome, is double sheet. Some plates signed by etchers Johann Azelt, Johann Franck, Johann Meyer, and Johann Jakob von Sandrart.
Signatures: [pi]1 A-B⁴.
British Architectural Library. Early printed books, 1478-1840, 2894
Catalogo ragionato dei libri d'arte e d'antichità posseduti dal conte Cicognara, 3872
Verzeichnis der im deutschen Sprachraum erschienenen Drucke des 17. Jahrhunderts (VD 17), 23:300768B
BAC N7420 .S26d+: 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]". Has bound with it: Palatiorum Romanorum à celeberrimis sui aevi architectis erectorum pars prima[-tertia] (Norimbergae : Sumptibus Ioh. Iacobi de Sandrart, [1694]).
Subject Terms:
Bedford, John, Duke of -- Bookplate.
Oratorians -- Italy -- Naples -- Inscription.
Rome (Italy) -- Antiquities -- Pictorial works -- Early works to 1800.
Rome (Italy) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Pictorial works -- Early works to 1800.
Sykes, Mark Masterman, Sir, 1771-1823 -- Binding.
Form/Genre:
Etchings.
Armorial bindings.
Booksellers' labels (Provenance) -- Libri rari Fiametta soave, Roma.
Contributors:
Falda, Giovanni Battista, approximately 1640-1678.
Azelt, Johann, 1654- engraver.
Franck, Johann, active 1659-1690, engraver.
Meyer, Johann, 1655- engraver.
Sandrart, Johann Jakob von, 1655-1698, engraver.
Frobergius, Christianus Sigismundus, 1650-approximately 1723, printer.
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