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Auction 138, Lot 687

"Urbis Veteris Romae Delineatio Accuratissima, hac facie suit, Septimio Severo",

Subject: Rome, Italy

Period: 1743 (published)

Publication: Antiquitatum Romanarum…

Color: Hand Color

Size:
18.5 x 14.5 inches
47 x 36.8 cm
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This spectacular plan shows Rome during the reign of Septimius Severo, Emperor from 193 to 211. The magnificent architecture of the city is shown pictorially. The map was drawn by Jacob Toornvliet, engraved by Pierre Philippe and published in Johannis Rosini's history of ancient Rome.

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Condition: A

Issued folding, now pressed, with a few minute splits at fold intersections.

Estimate: $550 - $700

Sold for: $400

Closed on 12/7/2011

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