File:Ioannis-Baptistae Piranesii antiquariorum regiae societatis Londinensis socii De Romanorum magnificentia et architectura (IA gri 33125010859946).pdf

First published in Latin and Italian

Includes index

Sloan candidate

Title page in Latin, also engraved: Ioannis Baptistae Piranesii antiquariorvm regiae societatis Londiniensis socii De Romanorvm magnificentia et architectvra. This t.p. together with a port. of Pope Clement XIII and a dedication in Latin precede t.p. in Italian

Library's copy with: Osservazioni di Gio. Batista Piranesi sopra la Lettre de M. Mariette aux auteurs de l'Europe, Rome, Salomoni, 1765. Shelved as RARE OVERSIZE 90-B18303 v.2

Library's copy with bookplate of Carl Bonde, said to be a gift to Bonde of Gustavus III or IV, the former a patron of Francesco Piranesi

lxxxx pages, XXXVIII leaves of plates (some folded) : fol

Originally published in Latin and Italian

With a portrait frontispiece of Pope Clement XIII, engraved by Domenico Cunego

G.G. Bottari and others may have contributed to the text

Because of the similar subject matter, copies of this work were frequently bound with Piranesi's Osservazioni di Gio Battista Piranesi sopra la lettre de M. Mariette ... Rome : [Generoso Salomoni], 1765. See the Royal Inst. of Brit. Architects cat., nos. 2552, 2563

Subjects: Clement XIII, Pope, 1693-1769; Architecture; Architecture, Roman; Decoration and ornament, Architectural; Clement XIII, Pope, 1693-1769 -- Portraits; Architecture -- Italy -- Rome; Architecture, Roman -- Etruscan influences -- Early works to 1800; Architecture -- Orders -- Early works to 1800; Decoration and ornament, Architectural -- Rome; Antiquities; Architecture -- Orders; Rome (Italy) -- Antiquities -- Early works to 1800; Italy -- Rome; Rome (Empire)