Le vite de' piu celebri architetti d'ogni nazione e d'ogni tempo precedute da un saggio sopra l'Architettura.
An untrimmed and largely unopened copy of theĀ first edition of this work on the biographies of well-known architects, very rare in this state: a work whose importance to the historiography of architecture equals that of Vasari for Renaissance artists, just as the author intended. After historical surveys of ancient..... More