Templum Vaticanum Et Ipsius Origo Cum Aedificiis maximè conspicuis antiquitùs, & recèns ibidem constitutis; Editum Ab Equite Carolo Fontana Deputato celeberrimi ejusdem Templi Ministro, atque Architecto. Cum plerisque Regulis, novisque Architecturae & Operationibus ab Ipsomet in lucem evulgatis. Cum Indice Rerum notablium ad calcem locupletissimo. Opus In Spetem Libros Distributum, Latinesque literis consignatum A Joanne Jos. Bonnervë De S. Romain

Carlo Fontana (author)

National Gallery of Art

This is an illustration of a book title page. The title page features Latin text framed with a double-lined border, reading "TEMPLUM VATICANUM ET IPSIUS ORIGO" in bold, capitalized lettering. Additional Latin text references Carlo Fontana. The page mentions the book being distributed and dedicated to a group of cardinals. At the bottom, it states that the book was published in Rome by typographer Jo. Francisci Buagni in 1694. An ornate illustration of the Papal insignia, which includes crossed keys and the papal tiara enclosed in a box, is also depicted on the page.