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ZABAGLIA, NICCOLÒ. Castelli, e Ponti. Italian and Latin titles and text. 53 (of 55) engraved plates, including 4 double-page; lacks the portrait and plate 51. 4 unnumbered preliminary leaves and 21 numbered folding leaves of text printed on recto only. Folio, 476x362 mm, contemporary 1/2 sheep, spine and cover corners heavily worn; mostly moderate marginal foxing throughout, some plates toned, free endpapers lacking. 18th-century bookplate of Pio Bellisomi on verso of Latin title. Rome: Niccolò & Marco Pagliarini, 1743
first edition of an architectural engineering treatise dealing with the raising and transportation of building materials. The author was a Roman carpenter who pioneered the innovative use of scaffolding, most notably for repairs to the dome of St. Peter's Basilica in 1743-44. The plates include 13 derived from illustrations in the 1590 book on transporting the Vatican obelisk by Domenico Fontana, whose methods influenced Zabaglia. Millard IV, 166; Riccardi II, 642.
