Gli Edifici di Roma Antica: Cogniti per Alcune Religuie: Descritti e Dimostrati nell'intera loro Architettura (edifizi) (6 volume set)

Luigi Canina

Roma : Dai Tipi dello stesso Canina, 1848

6 volume complete set. Atlas folios, 59 cm.  Bound in green buckram cloth.  Three text volumes and three plate volumes. 519 engraved plates, most double-paged. Library stamps to title pages and dedication page.  Some spotting to title pages. Plates generally free of markings and in very good condition. A beautifully illustrated, massive work on Roman architecture as well as the Appian Way.  Brunet I, 1540.  

Under the patronage of the House of Savoy, Luigi Canina excavated Tusculum and the Appian Way in 1848.  This work contains his findings, and as well as his re-imagined view of the ancient buildings.  Canina is also known for his architectural work on the Piazza Flaminio entrance to the Villa Borghese in Rome.  <br> This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.