Antiqvæ vrbis Romæ : imago accvratiss ex vetvstis monvmentis ex vestigiis videlicet ædificior, moeniv̂m rvinis, fide nvmismatvm, monvmentis æneis plvmbeis saxeis tiglinisq[ue] collectat verter deniq[ue] avctorvm fide confirmata / in ha[e]c tabvlam redacta atq[ue] descripta a Pyrrho Ligorio Romano per XIIII regiones in qvas vrbem dvisit imp. Cæsar Avgvstvs.

Format:

Map/Atlas

Author/Creator:

Ligorio, Pirro, approximately 1513-1583.

Language:

Latin

Subjects (All):

Rome (Italy)--Aerial views--Early works to 1800.

Rome (Italy).

Genre:

Maps.

Aerial views.

Penn Provenance:

Perkins, G. Holmes (George Holmes) (donor) (inscription, 1963).

Physical Description:

1 view on 2 sheets: frontispiece and back ; 69 x 50 cm, each sheet 42 x 56 cm

Not drawn to scale.

paper

polychrome

Other Title:

Antiquae urbis Romae

Cartographic Data:

Not drawn to scale.

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1570?]

Notes:

Bird's-eye view.

Title at top of view, sheet 1; index at bottom of view, sheet 2.

Latin texts on versos with foliate intial. Sheet 1: Lectori; Roma trivmphans, Andreae Fvlvii antiquari; sheet 2: Populus Ro. gentivm princeps.

Printed on verso of sheet 1: "54"; printed on verso of sheet 2: "55".

Both sheets have vertical fold lines down the center.

Local Notes:

Library copy has both sheets pasted together and mounted on cardboard.

OCLC:

657202313