Elementi di architettura civile
An Italian treatise on civil architecture by Federico Sanvitali, printed in Brescia by Giammaria Rizzardi in 1765 with plates and ornaments by Gasparo Turbini and Domenico Cagnoni, addressed to students and practising builders. Engraved geometry plates set out arches, trusses, columns, vaults and stair sections beside rococo headpieces, putto-flanked coats of arms and grotesque masks in scrollwork cartouches.












