Alexandri Donati e Societate Jesu Roma vetus ac recens : utriusque ædificiis illustrata : in multis locis aucta, castigatior reddita, indice locupletissimo & figuris aeneis illustrata

Donati, Alessandro, 1584-1640, Janssonius van Waesberghe, Johannes, fl. 1675-1706, bookseller, Janssonius van Waesberghe, Gillis, fl. 1675-1706, bookseller, Wolters, Jan, 17th/18th cent., bookseller, Cotius, Casparus, printer, Adams, John, 1735-1826, former owner. MB (BRL), John Adams Library (Boston Public Library) MB (BRL) · 1695 · Amstelædami : Prostant apud Janssonio-Waesbergios & Joannem Wolters · 153 pictures

Roma vetus ac recens is a 1695 Latin topographical guide to ancient and modern Rome by the Jesuit Alessandro Donati, published in Amsterdam by the Janssonius-Waesberge and Wolters booksellers for scholars and travellers. Its plates show Roman triumphal arches drawn in flat architectural elevation, a reconstructed temple plan with labelled elements, and a long modern building facade, all in crisp engraved line with little shading. A designer could take the clean measured linework and the sky-and-cloud backdrops as a model for architectural diagrams.

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