NELLI, Giovanni Battista (1661-1725). Discorsi di Architettura, Florence: Heirs of Paperini, 1753. 4° (275 x 200mm). Engraved frontispiece portrait of Nelli by A. F. Ceccherelli after Joseph Zocchi, 3 folding engraved plates, headpieces, historiated initials. Contemporary Italian pasteboards, manuscript label on spine (lightly rubbed and lightly soiled), uncut. FIRST EDITION, published posthumously. The work includes an examination of the cupola of the Duomo and S. Maria del Fiore. Berlin Katalog 2756; Cicognara 579: "pieni di dottrine"; Fowler 204.