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ROSSI, Domenico. Studio d'Architettura civile sopra gli ornamenti di porte e finestre tratti da alcune fabbriche insigni di Roma. Rome: Domenico de Rossi, 1702-21.
3 volumes in 2, 2° (482 x 360mm). 3 engraved titles, engraved dedication to Pope Clement XI, 2pp. letterpress preface and index, 281 engraved plates, plans and elevations, some double-page or folding (plates 80, 81 & 82 in vol.III bound as a single large folding plate). Contemporary vellum (neatly rebacked, old spines laid down, resewn).
FIRST EDITION. A fine copy, including plate 55 in the second volume (the plate lacking in the Berlin Kat. copy). The architects whose work is represented include Michelangelo, Bernini, Borromini, Pietro da Cortona, Carlo Fontana and others. Berlin Kat. 2681; cf. Brunet V. 1405. (2)
3 volumes in 2, 2° (482 x 360mm). 3 engraved titles, engraved dedication to Pope Clement XI, 2pp. letterpress preface and index, 281 engraved plates, plans and elevations, some double-page or folding (plates 80, 81 & 82 in vol.III bound as a single large folding plate). Contemporary vellum (neatly rebacked, old spines laid down, resewn).
FIRST EDITION. A fine copy, including plate 55 in the second volume (the plate lacking in the Berlin Kat. copy). The architects whose work is represented include Michelangelo, Bernini, Borromini, Pietro da Cortona, Carlo Fontana and others. Berlin Kat. 2681; cf. Brunet V. 1405. (2)