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1624 Lauro, Giacomo, Mausoleum of Augustus, folio, copper engraving, Rome, Italy, classical architecture

1624 Lauro, Giacomo, Mausoleum of Augustus, folio, copper engraving, Rome, Italy, classical architecture

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This plate shows the Mausoleum of Augustus, a large tomb built by the Roman Emperor Augustus in 28 BC on the Campus Martius in Rome, Italy. The mausoleum is located on the Piazza Augusto Imperatore, near the corner with Via di Ripetta as it runs along the Tiber.

Mausolaeum Augusti (Hodie Uisuntur Uestigia Ad S. R. Ochum)

Lauro, Giacomo ( Jacobus Laurus )

Antiquae Urbis Splendor, Hoc Est Praecipua Eiusdem Templa Amphitheatra Theatra Circi Naumachiae Arcus Triumphales Mausolea .

Romae, Apresso Vitale Mascardi, Roma, 1612-1622 [1624].

FINE ENGRAVING from one of the most influential and beautiful works on the monuments and antiquities of ancient Rome. The Antiquae urbis splendor, ('The Splendor of the Ancient City') served as an important reference book and source of inspiration for many writers and artists. Giacomo Lauro was a roman printmaker active from 1583 to about 1650. 

Leaf: 21.7 x 36.7 cm

Blank to verso.

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