[Rarebooks] FS: Popular guide book to Rome printed in 1645

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(ITALY) Rossi, Filippo de'. RITRATTO DI ROMA MODERNA... In Questa Nuova Editione Accresciuto, e Migliorato in Diversi Luoghi. Rome: Appresso Francesco Moneta, ad Instanza di Filippo de' Rossi. 1645. 8vo. (28),525(i.e. 529),(1)pp. Added engraved title. Text profusely illustrated with copper engraved plates. Also with wood engraved portraits and coins. Cont. vellum, spine hand lettered. A few gatherings a bit darker, but a very nice attractive copy.	$1,500.00 (trade discount allowed)
A popular guide book to Rome. There are two editions recorded in OCLC, published by Moneta in 1645; one of 517pp. and ours with 525pp. (i.e. 529pp.). Curiously, Bellami (#693) also records an edition with 423pp. Earlier editions of this work are listed under "Pompilio Totti" as the author. Bellami #694.


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