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Opera del Caval. Francesco Boromino / cavata da suoi originale cioè la chiesa e fabrica della Sapienza di Roma con le vedute in prospettiva & con lo studio della proporz[io]ni geometriche, piante, alzate, profili e spaccati ...

Accession number
PML 76311
Creator
Borromini, Francesco, 1599-1667.
Published
In Roma : Data in luce da Sebastiano Giannini ..., [1720]
Credit line
Gift of Paul Mellon, 1979.
Notes
Engraved throughout.
Plates 15-16, 18-19, 21-22, 23-24, 30 and 32, 33-34, 35-36, [46 (a & b)] are prepared to be joined as single ill.
Some of the engravings are by Dominique Barrière, commissioned by Borromini; the remainder have been supplied by the publisher.
Mellon no.: L 6.38, v. I.
Library copy: paired plates 15-16, 18-19, 21-22, 23-24, 30 and 32, 35-36 pasted together as single folded leaves, paired plates 33-34 and [46(a)-46(b)] bound singly in sequence.
Description
[4] leaves, XLVI leaves of plates : ill., plans, port. ; 56 cm
Provenance
OHMA. Bau Departement (stamp); Paul Mellon (bookplate).
Binding
Vellum; in cloth case.
Classification
Department