Shelfmark
Bp.19.03
Title
Columnae traiani imperatoris quæ adhuc Romæ extat, has duas fecimus descriptiones, ut irus formam tam exteriorem quam interiorem ostenderemus, apposuimus præterea mensuram tam altitudinis columnæ quam partium [...]
Varying form of title
Cover title: Columna Trajanus
Publication, distribution, etc.
Romæ : Imprimentur apud Franciscum Villamoenum, [not after 1624].
Physical description
322 leaves of plates : ill. ; Oblong fol.
Note
Caption title.
Note
Continuation of caption title: Posita hæc es ubi erat forum ipsius imperatoris : in ea insculpta sunt præclara ipsius gesta, figuris extra columnæ superficiem paru[m] eminentibus altitudine duorum circiter pedum, ijs scilicet quæ prope basim sunt; ille uero quæ superius collocate sunt, et si maiores proportione tamen inferioribus respondent ita ut uisui eandem præseferant magnitudinem, usque ad eas quæ ad columne capitulum proxime accedunt, hæ autem infimis duplo fere maiores sunt imperatoris huius res geste non sissimiles prosus his q[u]æ in columna insculptæ sunt, magno artificio in ære excuduntur quarum maxima pars apsoluta est breuique.
Note
First two plates have been mounted onto one folded sheet.
Provenance
Topham stamp on first print: bequeathed to Eton College by Richard Topham in 1736.
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Eton College.
Binding
Late sixteenth or seventeenth century stiff parchment binding; spine reinforced with addition parchment; traces of ties; inscription on front board: Columna Trajanus; red sprinkled edges.
Copy-specific note
Previous shelfmark: Bi.1.20.
Copy-specific note
Inscription on front flyleaf: no. 47.
Subject
Trajan's Column (Rome, Italy) Pictorial works.
Subject
Rome (Italy) Antiquities Pictorial works.
Added entry--name
Villamena, Francesco, ca. 1566 - ca. 1624 publisher.
Added entry--name
Topham, Richard, 1671 - 1730 former owner.
Added entry--place
Italy Rome.
Identifier
B34237