For 35 years, Paul Letarouilly (1795-1855) devoted himself to documenting Renaissance Rome's greatest palaces, gardens, convents, and churches. Dozens of Letarouilly's sumptuous etchings are reproduced in this facsimile edition, with his detailed scenes of Rome in the 19th century complementing his detailed architectural images of the structures' plans, sections, elevations, and perspectives. In the introduction, Kevin Lippert discusses the history and legacy of Letarouilly's masterpiece.