Descrizione antiquario-architettonica

Very good copy of this uncommon work, printed on thick paper. The plates by Visentini were first published in Temanza's Antichità di Tomaso Rimino in 1741. Temanza (1705-1789) was an architect working in Venice. Luigi Nardi, an archaelogis,t decided re-use the plates and added accompanying descriptive text. He also added engravings of the exterior of Alberti's Tempio Malatestina, three of the reliefs from that building and some related medals and provided detailed descriptions of the Roman triumphal arches and the Malatesta Temple, one of the most important buildings of the Renaissance, designed by Giovanni Battista Alberti. Nardi therefore 'made the first publication of that important building' (Weinreb).
The finely executed large copper plates depict statues, buildings and architectural motifs.