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Antiqvae Vrbis Romae Cvm Regionibvs Simvlachrvm

Calvi, Marco Fabio · 1556 · 8 pictures

Antiqvae Vrbis Romae Cvm Regionibvs Simvlachrvm is a 1556 Latin book of printed plans of ancient Rome, made by Marco Fabio Calvi and held by Heidelberg University Library, for scholars and readers of antiquity. Its woodcut pages show the city's streets, insulae and monuments as labelled ground plans with tiny building elevations set around them, a clear model for schematic city mapping and annotated diagrams.

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