Allegorical figure of Rome in palla and stola instructed by Time and the goddess Minerva on the history of Rome. Minerva with helmet, armour and shield, accompanied by an owl. Time with scythe pointing at a bas relief. Second Frontispiece. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by L. Labrousse, artist of Bordeaux, under the direction of Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur from his L’antique Rome, ou description historique et pittoresque, Ancient Rome, or historical and picturesque description, Chez Deroy, Paris, 1796.

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