You Pérac, Stefano. I vestigi dell' antichita di Roma raccolti et ritratti in perspettiva con ogni diligentia. A sequence of 38 copper plates. 25.5 x 38 cm. Modern parchment tape with 2 locking straps. Rome, Lorenzo della Vaccheria, 1575. First edition of the famous Romveduten by the French architect, painter, gardener and topographer Stefano Du Perac (1525-1604). "A key source for the state of the Roman monuments as they existed in the 16th century. It was reprinted in innumerable editions as late as 1773. The etchings of Du Perac represent as no other work does the lively renewal and interest in the monuments of classic antique which reached its climax in 16th century Rome" (Builders and Humanists. The renaissance Popes as patrons of the arts, University of St. Thomas, Houston, Texas, 1966, p. 308). – A little finger stained, Table No. 4 with larger pieced corner tear (picture loss), continuously trimmed a bit in the side edge.