Topography. BRANDIMARTE. Plinio Seniore illustrato nella descrizione del Piceno.
BRANDIMARTE, Antonio. Plinio Seniore illustrato nella descrizione del Piceno. Roma, nella Stamperia dell'Ospizio Apostolico presso Carlo Mordacchini, 1815
4to, 280x210 mm; binding on boards, handwritten title on spine. Pp. XX, 303. Frontispiece with folded geographic map engraved on copper by Giovanni Battista Cipriani, depicting lancient Piceno. On titlepage a woodcut coat of arms of pope Pio VII. Slight damage on spine, but for the rest very good condition and specimen with wide margins and uncut.
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First edition. Brandimarte, was an Italian antique dealer, parish priest of San Salvatore in Onda, secret librarian of Leo XII and an innographer of the Sacred Congregation of Rites. The work aims to capture all the geographical, topographic, hydrographic features, etc. present in Pliny the Elder who describe and talk about the ancient Piceno, the area of the lower and central Marche. "Con un'infinitą di antiche iscrizioni commentate". Lozzi 3587.