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Francini (Girolamo). Palatia Procerum Romanae Urbis, Rome: [Hieronymi Franzini], 1596, woodcut vignette title, 83 full-page woodcut plates, small modern ownership inscriptions of F.H. Powell and Ian Beresford-Clarke to front free endpaper verso, some scattered spotting, bound with Antiquitates Romanae Urbis Studio, Rome: [Hieronymi Franzini], 1599, woodcut vignette title, 95 full-page woodcut plates, a few leaves with small worm track to lower outer margin, some scattered spotting, yellow patterned endpapers, 18th-century sheep, spine label lettered in gilt, worn, spine frayed and near-detached, 16mo (10.5 x 7 cm) (Quantity: 1) Brunet p.1383. Exceedingly scarce. It is purported the two works should contain 182 woodcut illustrations. The present copy contains 178. The Kissner copy, described as 'unusually complete', lacked 38 illustrations. The British Library notes that their copy of the first work lacks the title. These works were often bound with two further titles, 'Templa deo, et sanctis eius Romae dictata' and 'Icones statuarum antiquarum urbis Romae', both published in 1599 however neither are present here. 'These Franzini blocks were extremely popular and used for the illustration of many guides to Rome for more than a hundred years. Many of the prints in these volumes were however never used elsewhere, and they form an important record of the monuments, palaces and churches that could be seen in Rome at the end of the 16th century'. (Kissner Collection of Books on Rome)