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CIAMPINI, GIOVANNI GIUSTINO. Opera. 3 engraved frontispieces, portrait of the author, and 165 plates; 3 text illustrations; 2 folding calendrical tables. Titles in red and black with etched vignette of church interior. Half-titles. 3 volumes. Folio, 360x233 mm, contemporary vellum, worn, spines darkened with damage to top and bottom compartments, covers slightly warped; scattered light foxing generally not affecting plates, small stain on plate 30 in Volume 2. Rome: Typographia Komarek for Carlo Giannini, 1747
First collected edition of Ciampini's writings, which deal with churches built by Constantine the Great, ancient mosaics, and various topics in church history and archaeology.
