L'architetto prattico : in cui con facilta si danno le regole per apprendere l'architettura civile
A practical treatise on civil architecture by the Sicilian priest-architect Giovanni Biagio Amico, printed in Palermo in 1726 for builders, masons and students learning the classical orders. The engravings pair lettered elevations of pedestals, columns, capitals and cornices with putti who hold scaled measuring rods, dividers and lettered scrolls, often against torn curtains and cut-away frames; useful for measured order details, scale bars and cherub-with-instrument vignettes.
