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Numismata summorum pontificum templi Vaticani fabricam indicantia
Engraved by: Giovanni Girolamo Frezza (Italian, 1659–after 1741)
Engraved by: Alessandro Specchi (Italian, 1668–1729)
Engraved by: Pietro Santi Bartoli (Italian, 1635–1700)
Engraved by: Arnold van Westerhout (Flemish (worked in Italy), 1651–1729)
Engraved by: Jean Charles Allet (French (worked in Italy), 17th century)
After: Giovanni Battista Lenardi (Italian, 1656–1704)
After: Carlo Fontana (Italian, 1634–1714)
After: Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini (Italian (Naples), 1598–1680)
After: Andrea Bolgi (Italian, 1605–1656)
After: François Duquesnoy (Flemish (worked in Italy), 1597–1643)
After: Francesco Mochi (Italian, 1580–1654)
After: Carlo Patacchia (Italian, 17th century)
Etched by: Giuseppe Vasi (Italian, 1710–1782)
Author: Filippo Buonanni (Italian, 1638–1725)
Publisher: Felice Cesaretti (Italian, 17th century)
Publisher: Paribeni (Italian, 17th century)
Printer: Domenico Antonio Ercole (Italian, 17th century)
Engraved by: Alessandro Specchi (Italian, 1668–1729)
Engraved by: Pietro Santi Bartoli (Italian, 1635–1700)
Engraved by: Arnold van Westerhout (Flemish (worked in Italy), 1651–1729)
Engraved by: Jean Charles Allet (French (worked in Italy), 17th century)
After: Giovanni Battista Lenardi (Italian, 1656–1704)
After: Carlo Fontana (Italian, 1634–1714)
After: Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini (Italian (Naples), 1598–1680)
After: Andrea Bolgi (Italian, 1605–1656)
After: François Duquesnoy (Flemish (worked in Italy), 1597–1643)
After: Francesco Mochi (Italian, 1580–1654)
After: Carlo Patacchia (Italian, 17th century)
Etched by: Giuseppe Vasi (Italian, 1710–1782)
Author: Filippo Buonanni (Italian, 1638–1725)
Publisher: Felice Cesaretti (Italian, 17th century)
Publisher: Paribeni (Italian, 17th century)
Printer: Domenico Antonio Ercole (Italian, 17th century)
1696
Place of Publication: Rome, Italy
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with 87 engravings, extra-illustrated
Dimensions
Overall: 36.2 x 25.5 x 5.3 cm (14 1/4 x 10 1/16 x 2 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Anonymous gift in memory of Paul W. Etter
Accession Number59.265
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Rome: Domenico Antonio Ercole, for Felice Cesaretti and Paribeni, 1696
Catalogue Raisonné
Brunet I, 1086; Berlin 2679 (1715 ed.); Cicognara 2780
Description(Rome: Domenico Antonio Ercole, for Felice Cesaretti and Paribeni, 1696) Large quarto; 128 leaves, plus plates; contemporary vellum, tan cloth box.
Architectural elevations, sections, and details of St. Peter's Basilica and other buildings in the Vatican, with illustrations of individual works of art within and outside the buildings.
First edition of a detailed history of the construction of St. Peter's and other buildings in the Vatican. In addition, this copy is extra-illustrated throughout with numerous engraved portraits of popes and artists, engraved plans and elevations, and a bird's-eye view of St. Peter's and the Bernini colonnade by Giuseppe Vasi (facing p. 188).
Architectural elevations, sections, and details of St. Peter's Basilica and other buildings in the Vatican, with illustrations of individual works of art within and outside the buildings.
First edition of a detailed history of the construction of St. Peter's and other buildings in the Vatican. In addition, this copy is extra-illustrated throughout with numerous engraved portraits of popes and artists, engraved plans and elevations, and a bird's-eye view of St. Peter's and the Bernini colonnade by Giuseppe Vasi (facing p. 188).
ProvenanceUnidentified armorial bookplate. 1959, anonymous gift to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 9, 1959)