( 1657 - 1743 )
In-Folio (438 x 292 mm). Full leather binding with some wear and worm holes. Pag. [20], 156, [2] with 72 copper plates engraved in full page out of text reproducing architectural details, perspective techniques for architecture, painting, scenography etc. First edition of the first treatise to use the acute diagonal perspective in stage design. Before the author's address was added to the imprint but with some of the plates numbered. In it, Bibiena, the most renowned member of the family noted for their theatre designs and baroque decorations, revolutionized baroque set design and this work had a profound influence on Piranesi.
