Diverse maniere d'adornare i cammini ed ogni altra parte degli edifizi : desunte dall'architettura Egizia, Etrusca, e Greca con un Ragionamento Apologetico in difesa dell'Architettura Egizia, e Toscana / opera del Cavaliere Giambattista Piranesi Architetto = Divers manners of ornamenting chimneys ... = Differentes manieres d'orner les cheminées ...

Author
Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778 [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
  • Italian
  • English
  • French
Published/​Created
In Roma : Nella Stamperia di Generoso Salomoni, 1769.
Description
[2], 35, [3] p., [70] leaves of plates : ill. ; 58 cm.

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      Notes
      • Title and text in Italian, English, and French.
      • Plates variously numbered; main series consists of 66 numbered plates.
      • Added engraved double t.-p.; dedication counted as a plate.
      • SAX copy imperfect: letterpress t.p. and text wanting.
      • GAX copy imperfect: some plates wanting.
      References
      • Hind, A.M. Piranesi (1922), p. 86
      • Focillon, H. Giovanni-Battista Piranesi (1918), 4e ptie (no 854-926)
      Place name(s)
      Italy Rome.
      Other title(s)
      • Divers manners of ornamenting chimneys
      • Differentes manieres d'orner les cheminées
      OCLC
      5573658
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