76/4911 [Italy. Rome]. "Roma." Engr. bird's eye plan by M. MERIAN after A. TEMPESTA, on 2 joined sheets, 30,5x71,5 cm., from M. MERIAN, Topographia, ±1645.

- Folds as publ.; splits/ tears on folds partly strengthened/ closed; sl. yellowed; waterstained in upper blank margin.

= Very decorative plan/ view after the larger plan by Antonio Tempesta of 1593. It shows Rome before the construction of Bernini's Piazza San Pietro and with many old churches that would fall victim to the extensive urban reconstructions of the Baroque era. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXVIII.