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Additional authors

1. Sandrart, Joachim von, 1606-1688.
2. Sandrart, Johann Jacob von, 1655-1698.
3. Franck, Johann, active 1659-1690.
4. Meyer, Johann, 1655-
5. Sandrart, Susanna Maria von, 1658-1716.
6. Azelt, Johann, 1654-

Description

1. 12 p., XXXXII [i.e. 82] leaves of plates : ill.; 39 cm. (fol.)

Alternative title

1. Romanorum fontinalia.
2. Nitidissimorum perenniumque, intra & extra urbem Romam, fontium vera, varia, & accurata delineatio.
3. Römischen Fontanen wahre Abbildung.

Subject

1. Fountains > Italy > Frascati > Early works to 1800 > Pictorial works
2. Fountains > Italy > Rome > Early works to 1800 > Pictorial works

Call number

1. Spencer Coll. Ger. 1685 93-9

Note

1. Sometimes ascribed to Joachim von Sandrart (cf. Brunet; Grässe), but the Sandrart named as publisher, presumed author of the address to the reader and descriptive letterpress (p. 3-12), is perhaps Johann Jacob von Sandrart, associated with other pictorial works on Italian architecture.
2. For variant ed. with letterpress in German, see: Berlin. Ornamentstichsammlung, 3604; Lipperheidesche Kostümbibliothek (2. Aufl.) Jbb 2. (Grässe records title in Latin and German.) German title, transcribed from Lipperheide: Der römischen Fontanen wahre Abbildung, wie solche sowohl auf öffentlichen Plätzen und Palatien als auch zu Frescada, Tiuoli und denen Lust-Gärten ... zu ersehen sind / gezeichnet von ... Joh. Baptista Falti ... und folgends durch unterschiedliche Virtuosen in Kupfer gebracht.
3. Signatures: A-C².
4. Illustrations: 42 prints : etching ; double-page (40) and full-page (2). Except nos. I and XXXXII, all are copies (some reversed and/or slightly reduced) of etchings designed and engraved by G.B. Falda for Le fontane di Roma (1675). 21 are signed: H. Franck sc. (15), Johann Meyer fecit (2), Susanna von Sandrart fecit (2), Azelt sc. (2). Legends in Latin and German.
5. Ornaments: 4 prints : etching ; plate mark 11 x 20 cm. or smaller. Allegorical headpieces (2) and historiated initials (2). -- 2 prints : woodcut ; image 7 x 10 cm. and 13 x 19 cm. Vignette on t.p.; tailpiece.

Indexed in (note)

1. Brunet
2. Grässe

Author

1. Falda, Giovanni Battista, approximately 1640-1678.

Title

1. Romanorum fontinalia, sive, Nitidissimorum perenniumque, intra & extra urbem Romam, fontium vera, varia, & accurata delineatio : prout illi vel in areis publicis, vel in palatiis amplissimis, maximè verò in Frescado, Tiuoli, hortísque amoenissimis, ex omni parte, & arte, & facie, inibi locorum hodiéque conspiciuntur / universam earundem substructionum imaginem oculis animísque subjiciente viro celeberrimo Joh. Baptista Falti, Romano ; quae variorum postea artificum, quos meritò suo virtuosos appellant, graphiis aeri graphicè incisa fuit.

Imprint

1. Norimbergae : Sumtibus Sandrartianis, typísque Frobergianis, A.C. 1685.

Indexed in:

1. Brunet, V, col. 125
2. Grässe, VI, p. 264

Local note

1. Binding: Modern quarter dark brown calf and floral paper boards. Label on front cover: J. Sandrart. Romanorum fontinalia.

Added author

1. Sandrart, Joachim von, 1606-1688. Attributed name
2. Sandrart, Johann Jacob von, 1655-1698. Publisher
3. Franck, Johann, active 1659-1690. Etcher
4. Meyer, Johann, 1655- Etcher
5. Sandrart, Susanna Maria von, 1658-1716. Etcher
6. Azelt, Johann, 1654- Etcher

Added title

1. Romanorum fontinalia.
2. Nitidissimorum perenniumque, intra & extra urbem Romam, fontium vera, varia, & accurata delineatio.
3. Römischen Fontanen wahre Abbildung.

Research call number

1. Spencer Coll. Ger. 1685 93-9