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Cambridge, ET AL: Cambridge University Press. Good in Good dust jacket. 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. 0521772648 . Xxi, 424 pages. Notes, bibliography, index. 223 illustrations. Small quarto. Blue dust jacket with colour photo of St. Peter's. DJ has minor shelf wear, bit of rubbing at top of spine. Book itself is clean and unmarked. Two pages with down turned corner. Last two pages of the index have a slight publisher's flaw at top corner, paper not cut correctly and the slight bit of excess is crumpled. Nice copy. Considers the urban development of Rome in the mid-seventeenth century as conceived and guided by Alexander VII. Includes the Quirinal, Piazza del Popolo, Pizza S. Marco, the Corso and the Vatican. Habel suggests that Alexander VII masterminded a new conceptualization of the city, grunded in the architecture of the late antique Roman Asia. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 424 pages .
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The Urban Development of Rome in the Age of Alexander VII Hardcover - 2002 - 1st Edition
by Dorothy Metzger Habel
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Likewise the delicacy evident in his way of living is apparent in his inclination towards noble buildings with open views, noble not only in their architecture but also in their decoration; these are the only things that he cares for; . . . [at the Quirinal Palace] he added new quarters by remodeling those already there and by reducing the whole to a state of royal magnificence; and . . . he amplified a long wing of apartments for use by the papal entourage . . .
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- Title The Urban Development of Rome in the Age of Alexander VII
- Author Dorothy Metzger Habel
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Pages 446
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK
- Date September 16, 2002
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780521772648 / 0521772648
- Weight 2.46 lbs (1.12 kg)
- Dimensions 9.9 x 7 x 1.1 in (25.15 x 17.78 x 2.79 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Alexander, Rome (Italy) - Buildings, structures, etc
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2001037675
- Dewey Decimal Code 711.409
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