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Title: Della Trasportatione dell'Obelisco Vaticano et delle Fabriche di Nostro Signore Papa Sisto V fatte dal Cavallier Domenico Fontana Architetto di sua Santita Libro Primo
Author:
Domenico Fontana (Swiss, Melide 1543–1607 Rome)
Designer:
Illustrations designed by Domenico Fontana (Swiss, Melide 1543–1607 Rome)
Etcher:
Illustrations etched by Natale Bonifacio (Italian, 1537–1592)
Publisher:
Domenico Basa , Rome
Patron:
Works commissioned by Pope Sixtus V (Felice Peretti) (Italian, Grottamare near Pescara 1520–1590 Rome)
Published in: Rome
Date: 1590
Medium: Printed book with etched and engraved plates, type rule diagrams, woodcut initials and tailpieces
Dimensions: 16 1/4 × 11 × 1 9/16 in. (41.3 × 28 × 4 cm)
Classifications: Books, Ornament & Architecture
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1936
Accession Number: 36.15
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