MARC Record view

001 $ 07/4321
003 $ UK-LoRAA
005 $ 20190528100908.2
035 # # $z 7032 (vol. I) ; 7033 (vol. II)
041 0 # $a ita
044 # # $a it
100 1 # $a Guattani
245 1 0 $a Roma Descritta Ed Illustrata Dall'Abate Giuseppe Antonio Guattani Romano In Questa Seconda Edizione Corretta Ed Accresciuta Tomo I. (II.) [Epigraph]
260 # # $a In Roma $b Nella Stamperia Pagliarini $c MDCCCV. - Con Licenza De' Superiori. $c [1805]
300 # # $a 2 vols.; $c 255 mm. (Quarto.)
500 # # $a Vol. I: [4], 122, [2] p., frontis., fold. map, 26 [i.e. 27] pl. (many fold.) (Bis pl. 25.) - Vol. II: [4], 150, [2] p., pl. 1-4 [= 27-30], *, 31-55 (many fold.) (In the Royal Academy's copy the plates appear in the order: 1-4, *, 31, 33, 32, 34-44, 48, 46, 47, 52, 51, 49, 50, 53-55.)
505 0 # $a Vol. I: [Frontis., t.p.] - Indice De' Capi Del Tomo I. - Al Cortese Lettore Idea E Vantaggi Dell'Opera - [Fold. map] - [Text and plates] - Imprimatur. - Vol. II: [T.p.] - Indice De' Capi Del Tomo II - [Text and plates] - Indice Delle Cose Notabili - Imprimatur.
508 # # $a In Volume I the frontispiece is signed as made by Rastaini. Most plates are unsigned, but a few are signed as engraved by F. R[astaini], Silvestrini, Benede. Mori or Aless. Muchetti. In Volume II no plate is signed, apart from pl. 44, which is signed as made by Piranesi. Several plates in both volumes appear to have had signatures erased.
510 0 # $a Royal Institute of British Architects, British Architectural Library ... Early printed books, 2 (1995), no. 1392, p. 745.
520 2 # $a In Volume I the frontispiece shows 'Roma Antica Baso. rilievo nella Villa Albani'; the folding map is a 'Pianta Dimostrativa Di Roma Antica'. Most plates in both volumes show plans, elevations, sections and views of ancient Roman buildings (often with scale-bars); some in Volume II show ancient statues and bas-reliefs.

The first edition had been published in 1795 at Bologna, under the title, Roma antica.
563 # # $a 19th-century white vellum; spines lettered 'Guatt Roma Illust To. 1. (2.)'.
653 # # $a Architecture, Roman - Italy - Lazio - Rome - History
655 # 0 $a Art history - Italy - 19th century
655 # 0 $a Pictorial works - Italy - 19th century
700 1 # $a Rastaini $e engraver
700 1 # $a Silvestrini $e engraver
700 1 # $a Mori $e engraver
700 1 # $a Muchetti $e engraver
700 1 # $a Piranesi, Francesco $e engraver?
710 2 # $a Stamperia Pagliarini $e printer