(ARCHITECTURE.) Francini, Alessandro. A New Book of Architecture. 40 engraved plates of gates and triumphal arches based on the classical architectural orders with occasional baroque embellishments, the first plate incorporating a portrait of the author. Letterpress title and plate list. Folio, 382x292 mm, 19th-century 1/4 leather, spine reinforced with cloth tape, book block loose in binding; some marginal soiling, plates numbered in pencil in upper right corner, worming in blank lower inner corner of opening leaves, title reinforced in gutter. Art Institute of Chicago stamp on title and verso of plates (withdrawn). London: J. Darby for Robert Pricke, 1669