Antiquae vrbis perfecta imago / Theodor. de Bry, 1597. Bry, Theodor de, 1528-1598, etcher. [1597] Theodor de Bry's bird's-eye view of ancient Rome first appeared in: II pars Romanae urbis topographiae & antiquitatum / Jean Jacques Boissard (Frankfurt, 1597). See A. Frutaz (Piante de Roma, VII), discussing de Bry's source: Fabio Calvo's Antiquae urbis Romae cum regionibus simulachrum (Rome, 1520). 168 numbered buiildings and monuments are keyed to letterpress table beneath image. Table also includes de Bry's letterpress signature. Oriented with east at top. Relief conveyed pictorially. Triple-l
Antiquae vrbis perfecta imago / Theodor. de Bry, 1597. Bry, Theodor de, 1528-1598, etcher. [1597] Theodor de Bry's bird's-eye view of ancient Rome first appeared in: II pars Romanae urbis topographiae & antiquitatum / Jean Jacques Boissard (Frankfurt, 1597). See A. Frutaz (Piante de Roma, VII), discussing de Bry's source: Fabio Calvo's Antiquae urbis Romae cum regionibus simulachrum (Rome, 1520). 168 numbered buiildings and monuments are keyed to letterpress table beneath image. Table also includes de Bry's letterpress signature. Oriented with east at top. Relief conveyed pictorially. Triple-line borders at left and right, double-line at top and bottom. Roman number I in lower right corner of image, presumably the map's position in Broissard. Getty copy lacks table with key to buildings and monuments. It is hinged onto board at top edge and matted. Left margin reinforced on verso.
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