Main entry:

Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778.

Title & Author:

Diverse maniere d'adornare i cammini ed ogni altra parte degli edifizi desunte dall'architettura egizia, etrusca, e greca : con un ragionamento apologetico in difesa dell'architettura egizia, e toscana / opera del Cavaliere Giambattista Piranesi architetto.

Publication:

Roma : Nella stamperia di Generoso Salomoni, 1769.

Description:

[4], 30, [2], 31-35, [3] pages, 70 unnumbered leaves of plates (1 double page) : illustrations (etchings), plans ; 60 cm (brs.)

Notes:
A total of 77 plates (including caption plates) of which eight are paired on four leaves (Focillon 862, 878, 919, 923) and three printed in the letterpress (Focillon 855-856, 860).
Numbering of plates varies according to state: see Andrew Robison, "Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Prolegomena to the Princeton Collections.", Princeton Library Chronicle, v. xxxi, no. 3 (Spring 1970), p. 195-6.
Focillon, H. Giovanni-Battista Piranesi, no. 854-926
Parallel Italian, English and French titles and text.

Exhibitions:

Exhibited: "En chantier, les collections du CCA, 1989-1999 = En chantier, the collections of the CCA, 1989-1999", Centre canadien d'architecture, Nov. 24, 1999-Apr. 30, 2000.
Exhibited: "À la découverte de Rome: Piranèse et ses contemporains = Exploring Rome: Piranesi and his contemporaries", Centre canadien d'architecture, Aug. 17, 1993-Jan. 2, 1994.

Subject:

Chimneys Early works to 1800.
Greek revival (Architecture) Early works to 1800.
Architecture, Roman Etruscan influences Early works to 1800.
Cheminées Ouvrages avant 1800.
Néo-grec (Architecture) Ouvrages avant 1800.
Chimneys
Greek revival (Architecture)
Italian Architects.
Chimney breasts.
Greek Revival furniture Designs.
Etruscan Style furniture Designs.
Egyptian Revival furniture Designs.
Firebacks.
Sedan chairs.
Mantel clocks.
Clock case Designs.
Greek Revival fireplace Designs.
Etruscan Style fireplace Designs.
Egyptian Revival fireplace Designs.
Etruscan Architecture (object genre)
Egyptian Architecture (object genre)

Form/genre:

Pattern books.
Watermarks.
Etchings (prints)
Early works

Added entries:

English title: Divers manners of ornamenting chimneys ...
French title: Differentes manieres d'orner les cheminées ...

Holdings:

Location: Library cage m 207170
Call No.: NA44.P667.A62 1769
Status: Available