Della trasportatione dell'obelisco vaticano et delle fabriche di Nostro Signore Papa Sisto .V. fatte dal cauallier Domenico Fontana architetto di Sua Santita. Libro primo.
Fontana, Domenico
Category
Books
Date
1590
Materials
Place of origin
Rome
Collection
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 3221568
Summary
Bibliographic description
[1], 108 [i.e. 113], [4] leaves (including 36 plates) : ill., plans, port. ; fol. Part of plate 12 torn off, repaired with blank paper. Folded plate numbered 65 mis-bound between leaves K4-5. Folded plate numbered 75 secondo mis-bound between leaves B1-2. Provenance: manuscript former shelfmark in pencil on front pastedown: "L7" (crossed out). Some manuscript marginal annotations, equations and other mathematical markings in late sixteenth-century or seventeenth-century hand, e.g on leaves B3r, B5v, C2. Binding: eighteenth-century half-bound sheepskin with marbled paper over boards; sewn on six raised bands; gold-tooled spine with gilt title 'Fontana di Guglia Vaticano'.
Makers and roles
Fontana, Domenico Bonifacio, Natale