Aedificiorum et ruinarum Romae ex antiquis atque hodiernis monimentis liber primus[-seco[n]dus]

Maggi, Giovanni, 1566-1618, Rossi, Giovanni Giacomo de, 17th cent · 1649 · Romae : Io. Jacobus de Rubeis formis ... · 102 pictures

This is a 1649 Roman engraved folio of ancient and contemporary buildings and ruins, compiled from earlier monuments by Giovanni Maggi with plates engraved and published in Rome by Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi for antiquarian and architectural readers. The plates are sideways, rendered in fine etched line, showing temple façades, domed rotundas, and plan-like views of ruins with small figures and carts. A designer might take their crosshatched shading, architectural elevations, and classical colonnade rhythms as reference for period engraving and urban perspective.

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