Specvlvm Romanae magnificentiae : omnia fere qvaecvnq- in vrbe monvmenta extant partim ivxta antiqvam partim ivxta hodiernam formam accuratiss. delineata repraesentans : accesserunt non paucae tum antiquarum tum modernarum rerum urbis figurae nusquam antehac aeditae ...
The Specvlvm Romanae magnificentiae is a 1544 collection of engraved plates of Roman monuments, assembled in Rome by Antoine Lafréry with contributions from Claude Duchet, Nicolaus van Aelst and Pietro de Nobili, for antiquarians and architects. The plates show Roman buildings as they stood in antiquity and in the sixteenth century, drawn in orthographic elevation, plan and section with dense lettered captions. A designer can take their precise linear architectural drawing, with its tidy hatching and stone-coffered detail, as a model for technical line work.
