(ARCHITECTURE.) Ferrerio, Pietro. Palazzi di Roma de' più celebri architetti disegnati da Pietro Ferrerio pittore et architetto. Volume 1 only, of 2. Engraved title and 43 engraved plates of palace façades and their decorative elements (numbered 1-44). 368x495 mm; 14 1/2x19 1/2 inches. Folio, professionally rebound in 1/4 vellum over parchment covered boards; rich, dark impressions. [Rome:] Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi, circa 1700
"The first publication to provide systematic, measured, and uniformly scaled illustrations of Roman Palaces built between the 15th and the 17th century"--Millard, IV page 126. The first issue of Volume I first appeared in 1655 but without "Libro Primo" on the title, while a later issue by Domenico de Rossi appeared at the beginning of the 18th century. Volume II was originally published 1670-78. See Fowler 120; Berlin 2665; Brunet II, 1235; Cicognara 3719.
