Antiquities of Rome. Album of engravings, 15--.

Speculum romanae magnificentiae omnia fere quaecunque in urbe monumenta extant, parte iuxta antiquam, parte iuxta hodiernam formam accuratissime delineata repraesentans ...

[Rome] : [Antonio Lafreri], [between 1500 and 1599]

1 album (i, 52, i leaves) : engravings ; album 62 x 46 x 4 cm

Fol. 1r: title plate, engraving of musician (Terpsichore?), inscribed by hand "Roman gates and other antiquities"

Fol. 2r: the Pantheon, cutaway view, "Ant. Lafrerii Romae MDLIII"

Fol. 3r: tomb of L. Septimius Severus, "Claudii Ducheti formis Roma 1582 Ambrosius Brambilla fec"

Fol. 4r: tomb of Cecilia Metella, "Henricus van Schoel excudit Antonii Lafrerii Romae 1549"

Fol. 5r: Lateran, cutaway view

Fol. 6: wooden roof-trusses in St Peter's designed by A. Sangallo and M. Buonarroti, "Ant. Lafrerii Sequani formis Roma anno. 1561 Iacobus Bosius belga ... incidit"

Fol. 7r: Mausoleum of Augustus, "Henricus van Schoel excudit"

Fol. 8r: a two storey building "Raph. Urbinat. ... exstructum", "Antonii Lafrerii Romae 1549"

Fol. 9r: a three storey building, "Ant. Lafrerii Sequani formis MDXLVIIII NB F"

Fol.10r: courtyard of Palazzo Farnese, "formis Antonii Lafrerii Sequani MDLX"

Fol. 11r: Palazzo Alberini

Fol. 12r: Palazzo of Paulus Stacius. "Antonii Lafrerii Romae 1549"

Fol. 13r: ground plan of part of St Peter's

Fol. 14r: perspective of St Peter's, "Michael Angelus Bonarota invenit Stephanus Du Perac fecit"

Fol. 15r: fireworks on Castel Sant'Angelo (La girandola), "Io. An. Bram. inven. fec."

Fol. 16r: Castel Sant'Angelo

Fol. 17r: Trajan's column, "Nicolaus van Aelst bruxellensis formis aeneis dicavit anno MDLXXXVIIII"

Fol. 18r: Trajan's column, "Henricus van Schoel excudit"

Fol. 19r: obelisk, "Ant. Lafreri formis Romae MDL" (chronogram)

Fol. 20r: Salomonic column

Fol. 21r: Trajan's (?) column, "Ant. Lafrerii Romae"

Fol. 22r: pyramid of Cestius, "Henricus van Schoel excudit"

Fol. 23r: arched gateway, Porta San Lorenzo. "Ant. Lafreri typis Henricus van Schoel excudit"

Fol. 24r: arch dedicated to Titus and Vespasian, "Ant. Lafreri Sequanus excud. Romae MDXLVIII"

Fol. 25r: multiple arch with three layers of inscriptions, "Antonii Lafrerii Romae 1549"

Fol. 26r: single arch dedicated to Gallienus

Fol. 27r: arch dedicated to L. Septimius Severus, "Romae Claudii Ducheti formis 1583"

Fol. 28r: arch dedicated to Constantine, "Ant. Lafrerii Romae"

Fol. 29r: il Campidoglio

Fol. 30r: statue of Marcus Aurelius on the Capitol, "Ant. Lafrerii Sequani formis MDXLVIII R"

Fol. 31: aviary of Varro. "Pyrro Ligorio Neap. inve. Romae MDLVIII. Michaelis Tramezin formis"

Fol. 32r: cutaway view of amphitheatre at Verona, "Romae anno. MDLX Anton. Lafrerii Sequani formis ad genitivum archetypum fidelissime expressa"

Fol. 33r: cutaway view of amphitheatre on the Esquiline, "Ant. Lafrer. Sequani formis Romae MDLX"

Fol. 34r: statue of il Pasquino

Fol. 35r: frieze of instruments used for sacrifices, frieze in the Capitol museum

Fol. 36r: woman holding plants, "Henricus van Schoel excudit"

Fol. 37r: the seven churches of Rome with pilgrims attending the jubilee of 1575, "Ant. Lafrerii Romae"

Fol. 38r: interior of Sistine chapel, "Romae Claudii Ducheti formis Nepot. Ant. Lafrerii 1582"

Fol. 39r: the Council of Trent, "Claudii Ducheti formis Ven. anno MDLXIIIII"

Fol. 40r: the Pope blessing pilgrims in St Peter's square

Fol. 41r: statue of the Farnese bull (the killing of Dirce by her stepsons), in Palazzo Farnese, "PB"

Fol. 42r: statue of Roma Victrix and two statues of captive kings, in gardens of Federico Cesi

Fol. 43r: statue of satyr and boy piper, in gardens of Federico Cesi

Fol. 44r: statue of Nile god with border of Nilotic beasts

Fol. 45r: trophies of Marius, "Romae Claudii Duchetti formis"

Fol. 46r: statue of Tiber god with Romulus and Remus, "Ant. Lafreri aeneis formis ad amussim excusum Henricus van Schoel excudit"

Fol. 47r: trophies of Marius, "Romae Claudii Duchetti formis"

Fol. 48r: statue of Pyrrhus, "Henricus van Schoel excudit, Iacobus Bosius belga incidit".

Fol. 49r: statues of the horse-tamers, on the Quirinal, from behind, "Ant. Lafrerii Sequani formis R. MDL"

Fol. 50r: statues of the horse-tamers, on the Quirinal, from the front, "Ant. Lafreri Sequani formis"

Fol. 51r: statue of the she-wolf suckling Romulus and Remus, "Ant. Lafrerii formis Romae MDLII"

Fol. 52r: relief showing sacrifice of bull, ram and boar, "Ant. Lafrerii"

Engravings by Nicolas Beatrizet, Jacob Bos, Claude Duchet, Etienne Duperac, Gian Ambrogio Brambilla and others

C. Huelsen, 'Das Speculum romanae magnificentiae des Antonio Lafreri', Collectanea variae doctrinae L.S. Olschki, Munich 1921

Lawrence R. McGinniss and Herbert Mitchell, Catalogue of the Earl of Crawford’s 'Speculum romanae magnificentiae' now in the Avery Architectural Library, New York: Columbia University, 1976

Michael Bury, 'Beatrizet and the 'reproduction' of antique relief sculpture', Print quarterly, 1996, 13: 2-

P. Parshall, 'Antonio Lafreri's Speculum romanae magnificentiae', Print quarterly, 2006, 23: 3-28

L. Cellauro, 'Speculum', Print quarterly, 2006, 23: 421-422

Wellcome Collection 589423i