1671 Catacombs ROME Subterranea
Aringhus & Bosio Illustrated Roman Archaeology
Antonio Bosio, an early 17th-century
Italian historian, was known as one of the leading spelunkers of his time. His
searching of the catacombs of Rome lead to an incredible and highly influential
book on Roman history and antiquities “Roma
Sotterranea”. This book contains descriptions and illustrations of Roman cemeteries
and catacomb findings, artifacts, sarcophaguses, and cave wall inscriptions and
murals.
Following the successes of Bosio’s work,
historian Paulus Aringhus published a Latin translation that proved to be just
as popular as the original. This 1671 printing of Aringhus’s “Roman Subeterranea” includes numerous
full-page and in-text engravings and was published in Arnhem, Netherlands – a
city not known for its publishing.
Item number: #21447
Price: $1195
ARINGHUS, Paulus
Roma subterranea novissima : in
qua antiqua christianorum et praecipue martyrum, coemeteria, tituli, monimenta,
epitaphia, inscriptions…
Arnhemiae: Apud Joan. Fridericum
Hagium, 1671. First edition.
Details:
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Collation: Complete with all pages
o [22], 630,
[30]
o Illustrated
throughout with 50+ plates
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Language: Latin
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Binding: Vellum; tight and secure
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Size: ~5.5in X 3in (14cm x 8cm)
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and desirable
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