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The Urban Development of Rome in the Age of Alexander VII
by Habel, Dorothy Metzger
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good in Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0521772648
- ISBN 13
- 9780521772648
- Seller
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Cambridge, ET AL: Cambridge University Press. Good in Good dust jacket. 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. 0521772648 . Xxi, 424 pages. Notes, bibliography, index. 223 illustrations. Small quarto. Blue dust jacket with colour photo of St. Peter's. DJ has minor shelf wear, bit of rubbing at top of spine. Book itself is clean and unmarked. Two pages with down turned corner. Last two pages of the index have a slight publisher's flaw at top corner, paper not cut correctly and the slight bit of excess is crumpled. Nice copy. Considers the urban development of Rome in the mid-seventeenth century as conceived and guided by Alexander VII. Includes the Quirinal, Piazza del Popolo, Pizza S. Marco, the Corso and the Vatican. Habel suggests that Alexander VII masterminded a new conceptualization of the city, grunded in the architecture of the late antique Roman Asia. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 424 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Leaf and Stone Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11542
- Title
- The Urban Development of Rome in the Age of Alexander VII
- Author
- Habel, Dorothy Metzger
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good in Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0521772648
- ISBN 13
- 9780521772648
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge, ET AL
- Date Published
- 2002
- Keywords
- 0521772648, Rome, Alexander VII, Late-antique
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art, Architecture & Design; History: Western Europe; History: Early Modern;
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About the Seller
Leaf and Stone Books
Biblio member since 2005
Toronto, Ontario
About Leaf and Stone Books
Formerly Greekdrama Books Specializing in classical, medieval and ancient languages, history and cultures; antiquarian and unusual books; and interesting used books. We also carry many early printed books, particularly in the subjects of classics and religion, including incunabula and manuscripts.
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