Dissegni originali dell’ edizione di Palladio di Giorgis Fossati.

Manuscript title on flyleaf.

Drawings in pen and ink and wash intended for engraving by Fossati and for inclusion in vol. 10 o f Muttoni's edition of Andrea Palladio's Architettura (Venice, 1740-48); vol. 10 was never published.

Leaves 1-14 and 16-24 are signed by Muttoni as designer; the rest are unsigned. Leaves 1-24 bear endorsements dated Jan. 14, 1739 [i.e., 1740].

In solander case containing 13 disbound folios and the original limp paper binding.

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site; also available in microfilm.

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