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FRONTINUS, Sextus Iulius (ca. 40-103)

De aquaeductibus urbis Romae..explicatus opera et studio Ioannis Poleni
Padua
Giovanni Manfrè
1722
€400 - €500

4to (27,7 x 19,5 cm), [8], 32, 296, [4] pp, Printer's device on title and colophon, woodcut initials, head-and-tail pieces, engraved illustrations and 15 engraved plates. Very good copy. 19th century binding in 3/4 dark green morocco, title gilt on spine, top edge gilt

First edition of this magisterial account of Roman aqueducts from early in the Republic up to the time of the Emperor Nerva