Ashby Collection. Prints
Claudii et Traiani Impp. admirabilium portuum Ostiensium orthographia per Stephanum du Perach architectum iuxta antiqua vestigia accuratissime delineata
Du Pérac, Etienne, -1604 (draftsman)Ashby, Thomas, 1874-1931 (collector)Lafréry, Antoine, 1512-1577 (engraver)Rossi, Giovanni Giacomo de, 1627-1691 (publisher)
Romae
Io. Iacobus de Rubeis formis Romae ad Templ. S. M. de Pace
[1575, but ca. 1630]
1 print : etching ; image 40.5 x 70 cm, on sheet 48.5 x 74 cm.
Accurate bird's-eye-view of the ancient port of Ostia. It features several ships with labels of surrounding seas and rivers.
Good condition. Forms part of: Ashby Collection. Prints.
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Pictorial worksArchaeological sitesHarbors
PortusLazioItalyPortus (Extinct city)
1570-1580
Bird's-eye viewsEtchingsPlans
British School at Rome
TA[PRI]-Mis07-043
Closed access material (Library)
The print belonged to Thomas Ashby (1874-1931), Director British School at Rome (1906-1925), who inherited his father’s library and continued to enrich the collection throughout his life. The collection was purchased from his widow in 1931 for the BSR Library thanks to a generous donation from the Treasurer at the time, William Russell.
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