Pianta della Città di Roma
con la indicazione di tutte le antichità e nuovi abbellimenti.
Rome,
Publicata a spese di Venanzio Monaldini, Libraio e Cartolaio in Piazza di Spagna No. 19,
1829
Engraved map, dissected and mounted on linen, folding in 32 sections.
750 by 1100mm. (29.5 by 43.25 inches).
12714
notes:
A decorative plan of Rome based on Nolli's great plan of 1748.
The plan shows the city enclosed by the Aurelian Walls and, after Piranesi's invention, it is displayed as if carved onto a stone and affixed to the wall. The plan is flanked by an index of important places and by 16 vignettes showing elevations and interiors of churches and monuments, including St Peter's Basilica, the Pantheon, the Colosseum and the Pyramid of Cestius.
Pietro Ruga (1772-1...
The plan shows the city enclosed by the Aurelian Walls and, after Piranesi's invention, it is displayed as if carved onto a stone and affixed to the wall. The plan is flanked by an index of important places and by 16 vignettes showing elevations and interiors of churches and monuments, including St Peter's Basilica, the Pantheon, the Colosseum and the Pyramid of Cestius.
Pietro Ruga (1772-1...