415. Bonifacio (Natale) Ordine che si tenne nel far le Ceremonie della Consecratione della Croce è Benedittione della Gug [li]a, engraving, 520 x 365mm, trimmed to border, central fold strengthened, short split to left-hand side, a few minor surface abrasions, Rome, Barolomeo Grassi, 1587.
est. £1200 – £1400
Rare. Depicting the dedication ceremony for the ‘Vatican Obelisk’, which had been transported from its previous site under the supervision of Domenico Fontana. This engraving precedes Fontana’s account of the move in his Della Transportatione dell’Obelisco Vaticano of 1590 (see lot 418).