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ZABAGLIA, NICCOLÒ. Castelli, e Ponti. Italian and Latin titles and text. 54 (of 55) engraved plates, including 4 double-page; lacks the portrait. 4 unnumbered preliminary leaves followed by 21 numbered folding leaves of text printed on recto only. Folio, 464x370 mm, early 19th-century 1/4 vellum, foot of spine chipped; scattered foxing, occasional marginal soiling, scattered marginal repairs on text leaves and plates without text or image loss. 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 carried out 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.
