Panvinio (Onofrio). De ludis circensibus, libri II. De triumphis, liber unus. Quibus universa fere Romanorum veterum sacra ritusque declarantur, ac figuris aeneis illustrantur, cum notis Ioannis Argoli I.V.D. et additamento Nicolai Pinelli I.C., adiectis hac novissima editione ... Joachimi Joannis Maderi notis... Padua, Pietro Maria Frambotti, 1681, half-title printed in red and black, engraved title, 31 engraved plates, complete as list (two separate plates representing plate 6 in the list), mostly folding, a few light marks, ownership signature of D.L. Cumming to front endpaper, later full vellum (probably early 18th century), some minor marks, folio, 370 x 245 mm Cicognara 3819; Brunet IV, 350. Panvinio's history of the circuses of ancient Rome, first published in Venice in 1600, which remained the fundamental work on the subject for two centuries. The plates include a birds-eye view of Rome, buildings, gladiators and animal sacrifice.
Panvinio (Onofrio). De ludis circensibus, libri II. De triumphis, liber unus. Quibus universa fere Romanorum veterum sacra ritusque declarantur, ac figuris aeneis illustrantur, cum notis Ioannis Argoli I.V.D. et additamento Nicolai Pinelli I.C., adiectis hac novissima editione ... Joachimi Joannis Maderi notis... Padua, Pietro Maria Frambotti, 1681, half-title printed in red and black, engraved title, 31 engraved plates, complete as list (two separate plates representing plate 6 in the list), mostly folding, a few light marks, ownership signature of D.L. Cumming to front endpaper, later full vellum (probably early 18th century), some minor marks, folio, 370 x 245 mm Cicognara 3819; Brunet IV, 350. Panvinio's history of the circuses of ancient Rome, first published in Venice in 1600, which remained the fundamental work on the subject for two centuries. The plates include a birds-eye view of Rome, buildings, gladiators and animal sacrifice.
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