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Reipublicae Romane commentariorum libri tres
155843561Venice: Ex officina Erasmiana apud Vincentium Valgrisium 1558. <p>Panvinio Onofrio 1529-68. Reipublicae romanae commentariorum libri tres. 16 947 11pp. Venice: Ex officina Erasmiana apud Vincentium Valgrisium 1558. 173 x 112 mm. Limp vellum ca. 1558 title in ink on the spine spine darkened and with 2 small tears in the upper extremity. Minor toning but very good.</p> <p> First Edition. Panvinio a noted antiquary and archeologist was librarian to Cardinal Alessandro Farnese the great 16th-century collector and patron of the arts. Panvinio's history of the Roman republic is divided into three books. "In Book I on topography he treated the 'image of the old city-that is the ancient buildings' 'priscae urbis imagino id est vetusta aedificia'. He included the origin location boundary gates streets hills and regions of the city. Book II dealt with institutions; it had a separate title-page and was called 'The Roman state' 'Civitas romana'. It was original in that it aimed to present not an organizational plan but a history-scared and secular-of Roman institutions . . . Book III was concerned with the Empire outside of the city of Rome "Imperium romanum'-that is the provinces" Bauer The Invention of Papal History p. 57. Panvinio is best known for his great archeological map of Rome produced in 1565. </p> . Ex officina Erasmiana apud Vincentium Valgrisium unknown
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