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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:
Domenico Fontana (Swiss, Melide 1543–1607 Rome)
Etcher:
Natale Bonifacio (Italian, 1537–1592)
Publisher:
Domenico Basa , Rome
Patron:
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 5/16 × 11 1/4 × 1 3/8 in. (41.5 × 28.5 × 3.5 cm)
Classifications: Books, Ornament & Architecture
Credit Line: Bequest of W. Gedney Beatty, 1941
Object Number: 41.100.6
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