ALBERTINI, Francesco (ca.1470-1520) Opusculum de mirabilibus novae & veteris urbis Romae. - (Colophon:) Roma, Mazzocchi, 1515
4to. Title within an architectural woodcut border. 103, (1 blank) ff.; old names cancelled on title, some occasional pale soiling and staining and a few old pen underlinings; a good copy bound in 18th century half calf.
"Titelauflage" of the 1st edition of 1510. «The work of the deserving bibliophile and erudite, one of the first 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). The work also contains the first mention of Michelangelo and a reference to Vespucci. Schudt 431. Rossetti G-218. Choix 16310. Ascarelli, Mazzocchi, 94. Harrisse I, 64 & 79. Steinmann Wittkower 16.
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