Fontana, Carlo Templum Vaticanum et ipsius origo. Rome: Giovanni Francesco Buagni, 1694. Folio (17 1/2 x 12 in.; 435 x 310 mm). Title-page in Latin, one engraved map and 78 engraved plates (10 folding) by Alessandro Specchi after Fontana, text in parallel Latin and Italian; lacking Italian title-page, large portion of right margin of title-page and p. 489 (6 x 2 1/2 in.) clipped away, index quire and pp. 413–416 loose, some browning to text and about 14 plates, some ink offsetting from plates to text. Nineteenth-century purple morocco; worn, rebacked with buckram, spine hand-lettered.
Fontana, Carlo Templum Vaticanum et ipsius origo. Rome: Giovanni Francesco Buagni, 1694. Folio (17 1/2 x 12 in.; 435 x 310 mm). Title-page in Latin, one engraved map and 78 engraved plates (10 folding) by Alessandro Specchi after Fontana, text in parallel Latin and Italian; lacking Italian title-page, large portion of right margin of title-page and p. 489 (6 x 2 1/2 in.) clipped away, index quire and pp. 413–416 loose, some browning to text and about 14 plates, some ink offsetting from plates to text. Nineteenth-century purple morocco; worn, rebacked with buckram, spine hand-lettered.
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