Beschreibung der Stadt Rom

Weitere Verfasser: Platner, Ernst Zacharias, 1773-1855
Niebuhr, Barthold Georg, 1776-1831
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Stuttgart ; Tübingen : J. G. Cotta, 1829-1842.
Umfang/Format: 4 v. in 7 : ill. ; 22 cm. + suppl. (23 folded pl. in a pocket: maps, charts) (44x28 cm)
Beschreibung: Author statement varies. On t.-p. of v. 3, pt. 2-3, the name of Ludwig Urlichs also appears as joint author. Vol. 1 is a single part, vol. 2 is in two parts, and vol. 3 is in three parts. Vol. 1 dated 1829 or 1830; vol. 2 pt. 1 dated 1832; vol. 2 pt. 2 dated 1834; vol. 3 pt. 1 dated 1837; vol. 3 pt. 2 dated 1830; vol. 3 pt. 3 dated 1842
"Erster band. Allgemeiner theil" and "Zusätze und Berichtigungen. Rom, den 15. October 1829" each have divisional half-t.p. on leaves 11r and 434r respectively of vol. 1; pagination and register continuous throughout. Vol. 2 pt. 2 has a preliminary half-title leaf, printed as leaf *8 but bound as leaf *1. Half-title reads: "Zweiter band. Zweite abtheilung der Beschreibung zweites Buch. Die vaticanischen Sammlungen. Vol. 3 pt. 1 has a preliminary half-title leaf printed as leaf *6 but bound as leaf *1. Half-title reads: "Dritter band. Erste abtheilung. Der beschreibung drittes bis siebentes Buch". Vol. 3 pt. 2 has a preliminary half-title leaf reading "Dritter band. Zweite abtheilung. Der Beschreibung achtes und neuntes Buch, nebst Ergänzung des dritten und fünften".
Pagination: vol. 1: LXXX, 705, [1] p.; vol. 2 pt. 1: viii, 441, [3] p.; vol. 2 pt. 2: [2], xiv, 16, 440 p.; vol. 3 pt. 1: [2], x, 686, [6] p.; xiv, [2], 604 p., [3] leaves of plates, [2] folded.
Signatures: vol. 1: A-E⁸ 1-44⁸ 45²; vol. 2 pt. 1: *⁴ 1-27⁸ 28⁴ 29²; vol. 2 pt. 2: *⁸ ²*⁸ 1-27⁸ 28⁴; vol. 3 pt. 1: *⁶ 1-42⁸ 43⁶ 44²; vol. 3 pt. 2: pi⁸ 1-37⁸ 38⁴ 39².
Zusätzliche Informationen: Text in German with quotations and examples in Latin and Greek