[ROME] MAURO, Lucio: The antiquities of the city of Rome. In Venetia, Giordano Ziletti, 1562

Format in-8°, mm. 150x105, pp. (24), 315, (5). Hardcover post. (20th century), spine with faded title. Woodcut printer's mark on the front. (Comet with seven stars between the points. Around the tail ribbon with motto. In an illustrated frame) repeated on the last leaf. Woodcut initials. nt Restoration on the margin of the first 9 leaves and on the last 3. Slight stain of water stain from leaf A1 to leaf A8. Water stains on the spine. Small marginal woodworm damage, without loss of text. A Rappaport label applied to the front flyleaf. Handwritten title on the lower edge (faded).

Cinquecentina printed in Venice by Giordano Ziletti in 1562. Guide to the monuments of Rome by the historian Lucio Mauro (16th century), using ancient and modern authors. From p. 115 (c. H2) begins the guide to the ancient statues found in Rome, the work of the encyclopedist Ulisse Aldrovandi (c. 1555-1605).

Title: The antiquities of the city of Rome, very briefly collected by anyone who has written, whether ancient or modern; by Lucius Maurus, who wanted to see all these places in particular: whereby he corrected many errors that can be read in other writers of these antiquities. Next, All the ancient statues that can be seen in Rome in various places and particular houses, collected and described by M. Vlisse Aldroandi. A work never done again by any writer, and corrected in this fourth impression. In Venice: by Giordano Ziletti, 1562. Colophon: In Venice: by Giordano Ziletti, to the book of the star, 1562.