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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

1590
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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
  • Object Number: 36.15
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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