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ZABAGLIA, NICCOLÒ.
Castelli, e Ponti.
Italian and Latin titles and text. 54
(of 55) engraved plates, including 4 double-page;
LACKS THE PORTRAIT
. 4 unnumbered
preliminary leaves followed by 21 numbered folding leaves of text printed on recto only.
Folio, 464x370 mm, early 19th-century
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4
vellum, foot of spine chipped; scattered foxing,
occasional marginal soiling, scattered marginal repairs on text leaves and plates without text
or image loss.
Rome: Niccolò & Marco Pagliarini, 1743
[3,000/4,000]
FIRST EDITION
of an architectural engineering treatise dealing with the raising and transporta-
tion of building materials. The author was a Roman carpenter who pioneered the innovative
use of scaffolding, most notably for repairs to the dome of St. Peter’s Basilica carried out in
1743-44. The plates include 13 derived from illustrations in the 1590 book on transporting
the Vatican obelisk by Domenico Fontana, whose methods influenced Zabaglia. Millard IV,
166; Riccardi II, 642.
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