Full Title: Antiquae vrbis splendor : hoc est praecipua eiusdem templa, amphitheatra, theatra, circi, naumachiae, arcus triumphales, mausolea aliaque sumptuosiora aedificia, pompae, item, triumphalis et colossaearum, imaginum, descriptio / opera & industria Iacobi Lauri Romani in aes incisa atque in lucem edita ; addita est breuis quaedam et succincta imaginum explicatio in qua regum consulum imperatoru[m]q[uae] res gestae et rei romanae origo progressus incrementum, ac finis cu[m] almae vrbis antiquor[um] ac modernor[um] vestigior[um] additione utcunq[ue], hoc insequenti anno 1630 reperiu[n]tur, et ex veteru[m] ac recentior[um] historiar[um] monumentis clare ostenditur

Variant Titles: Antiquae urbis splendor; Antiqvae vrbis splendor

Physical Type/Description: 4 volumes in 1 (2 unnumbered pages, 1 unnumbered page, 166, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates) : chiefly illustrations, maps, portraits, plans ; 23 x 32 cm

General Note: Originally published in 3 pts. dated 1612, 1613 and 1615. A fourth pt. was added in 1628. These dates appear respectively on the general title plate in pt. 1 and the special title plates in pts. 2-4. Imprint from address to the reader, in Italian, by Giovanni Alto (p. [1]). Plate numbering includes all engraved title plates and dedications. Plate [167] is a table listing all of 166 numbered plates and itself.

Local Note: Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library copy has illegible autograph dated: 4 Mai 1857.