(ALBERTINI, Francesco, ca. 1470-1520) De Roma prisca et nova varii auctores... - (Colophon:) Roma, Mazzocchi, 1523
4to. Title within a large woodcut border (slightly shaved at top). (4), 92 (misnumb. CXII), 72 ff.; light damp stain at beginning and small wormholes in 4 leaves; some early marginal notes; a fairly good copy from the library of Giannalisa Feltrinelli, bound in 18th century half calf.
First and only edition of this collection of early works on Rome. It begins with Albertini’s “De mirabilibus urbis Romae” (80 pp.), one of the first works «to gather and illustrate systematically the monuments and inscriptions of ancient Rome… Albertini laid the basis for the refutation of the errors and improbable legends tied to the Roman monuments by the Middle Ages…» (Builders and Humanists, Houston, Texas, 1966, pp. 243-244). It also contains the first mention of Michelangelo and a reference to Vespucci, and is followed by the works of Vibius Sequester, Publius Victor, Pomponius Laetus, Fabricius Varranus, Rapahel Volterranus, Flavius Blondus, Rutilius Numatianus and Laur. Valla. Choix 17970. Schudt 434 and 806. Rossetti G-255. Cicognara 3854. Harrisse, Additions, 74.
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