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ZOEGA, Giorgio. De origine et usu obeliscorum. Rome: Lazzarini for the Holy See, 1797.
2° (419 x 280mm). Engraved title vignette, 3 headpieces (including a portrait of Pope Pius VI, the dedicatee), 2 initials, 7 illustrations and 8 folding plates by Roncalli and Antonini. CONTEMPORARY LIGHT BROWN CALF GILT FROM THE VATICAN BINDERY, covers with central lozenge outlined with single fillets filled with various floral tools surrounded by a wide elaborate decorative border, spine in six compartments with raised bands, citron morocco lettering-piece, the others decorated in gilt, g.e.
A FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION, ON LARGE-PAPER, BOUND FOR PRESENTATION. The work was commissioned by Pius VI to celebrate the re-erection and restoration of the obelisk in Piazza Montecitorio. Cicognara 2551.
2° (419 x 280mm). Engraved title vignette, 3 headpieces (including a portrait of Pope Pius VI, the dedicatee), 2 initials, 7 illustrations and 8 folding plates by Roncalli and Antonini. CONTEMPORARY LIGHT BROWN CALF GILT FROM THE VATICAN BINDERY, covers with central lozenge outlined with single fillets filled with various floral tools surrounded by a wide elaborate decorative border, spine in six compartments with raised bands, citron morocco lettering-piece, the others decorated in gilt, g.e.
A FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION, ON LARGE-PAPER, BOUND FOR PRESENTATION. The work was commissioned by Pius VI to celebrate the re-erection and restoration of the obelisk in Piazza Montecitorio. Cicognara 2551.