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Columna Antoniniana Marci Aurelii Antonini Augusti rebus gestis insignis Germanis simul, et Sarmatis, gemino bello deuictis ex s.c. Romae in Antonini foro, ad uia[m] Flaminia[m], erecta, ac utriusque belli imaginibus anaglyphice insculpta nunc primum a Petro Sancti Bartolo, iuxta delineationes in Bibliotheca Barberina asseruatas, a se cum antiquis ipsius columnae signis collatas, aere incisa, et in lucem edita, cum notis excerptis ex declarationibus Io: Petri Bellorii.
Romæ : Apud auctorem, [167?]
[1], 75 engraved leaves of plates : ill. ; Fo.
A second edition of this work was published in 1704 with an additional two plates.
The column raised to Marcus Aurelius was mistakenly attributed to his father Antoninus Pius at a later date.
In other issues of the same there are a further 4 unnumbered plates with the portrait of Rinaldo d'Este, a dedication and two leaves depicting medallions. The sculptured column is represented in 75 numbered plates.
Armorial bookplate of Eton College.
Topham stamp on t.p.: bequeathed to Eton College by Richard Topham in 1736.
Contemporary dark brown sprinkled calf; blind tooled frames of double fillet and arabesque roll; gold tooled decoration on spine; red morocco spine label with gold tooled letters; six raised bands.
Marcus Aurelius, 121 - 180 Emperor of Rome,
Column of Marcus Aurelius (Rome, Italy)
Rome (Italy) Buildings, structures, etc.
Topham, Richard, 1671 - 1730 former owner.
Italy Rome.
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