Sixtus V Papa Montealtus sedit ann. V. Menses IIII die III vacauit sedes dies XIX. Haec omnia capit et perfecit, 1589. 1589 The portrait bust of Pope Sixtus V is surrounded by 29 images of his public works and two representations of his familial coat of arms. Sixtus V famously raised four obelisks in Rome, oversaw the completion of the cupola of Saint Peter's and undertook extensive public works projects. His urban planning ventures included building a new aqueduct (Acqua Felice), and constructing fountains to supply water to the city. He also rebuilt the Biblioteca apostolica vaticana, opened

Sixtus V Papa Montealtus sedit ann. V. Menses IIII die III vacauit sedes dies XIX. Haec omnia capit et perfecit, 1589. 1589 The portrait bust of Pope Sixtus V is surrounded by 29 images of his public works and two representations of his familial coat of arms. Sixtus V famously raised four obelisks in Rome, oversaw the completion of the cupola of Saint Peter's and undertook extensive public works projects. His urban planning ventures included building a new aqueduct (Acqua Felice), and constructing fountains to supply water to the city. He also rebuilt the Biblioteca apostolica vaticana, opened new roads and completed, decorated or enlarged a number of churches. With Pecci-Blunt's collector's marks, in black ink, in the lower right hand corner and one on the verso. Imprint: Rome, Nicolaus van Aelst. Trimmed within plate mark. Anna Laetitia Pecci-Blunt collected prints, published works, drawings and paintings thematically focused upon the city of Rome. Her collection included views, plans, maps of Rome and depictions of the inhabitants of the city in popular costume. As intense urban development under Mussolini transformed Rome in the 1930's, interest in the city's past grew among certain circles in Rome. Pecci-Blunt's collection came to be known as "Roma Sparita" because of its nostalgic focus on the Rome of a bygone era. Pecci-Blunt marked many of the prints in her collection with her collector's marks. Small, circular marks found on the recto of the prints, typically in the lower right corner, display Pecci-Blunt's family coat of arms, a comet, encircled with the text: "Coll. A. L. Pecci Blunt." Circular marks on the verso of the prints, typically in the lower center, denote Pecci-Blunt's name for her collection, "Roma Sparita." The stamps contain the text; "Roma Sparita, ," (with space for adding an inventory number), encircled with additional text "Collezione Contessa Anna Laetitia Pecci-Blunt."

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