Interpretatio Obeliscorum Urbis ad Gregorium XVI (2 volumes)

Alois Luigi Maria Ungarelli

 Romae, ex typographia reverendae camerae apostolicae, 1842

[Rare Monograph on the Egyptian Obelisks of Rome]  2 volumes, both the text and plate volumes.  Folios, 16 x 11.5".  Bound in contemporary calf-backed, red boards. Minor wear to spine ends.  Foxing throughout.  Institutional stamp on title. [8], xi, 191, xxi pages. 8 engraved folding plates.  (One in first volume, seven in second volume.) 

Ungarelli was the first curator of the Egyptian Museum at the Vatican.  This work depicts four-sided views of the eleven Egyptian obelisks taken by the Romans.  The schematic engravings of each pillar highlight their decorative hieroglyphs and are keyed to references in the descriptive text volume.  Brunet V:1010.

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