Main entry:

Borromini, Francesco, 1599-1667, architect.

Title & Author:

Opus architectonicum Equitis Francisci Boromini : ex ejusdem exemplaribus petitum; oratorium nempè, aedesque Romanae RR. PP. Congregationis Oratorii S. Philippi Nerii : additis scenographia, geometricis proportionibus, ichnographia, prospectibus integris, obliquis, interioribus, ac extremis partium lineamentis : accedit totius aedificii descriptio ac ratio auctore eodem Equite Boromino nunc primum edita ...

Publication:

Romae : Sebastianus Gianninus edidit, ac excudit ad Anchorae insigne in Foro Agonali, MDCCXXV [1725]

Description:

[4] leaves, 31, [1] p., LXVI [i.e. 72] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. (engravings), plans, port. ; 56 cm (fol.)

Notes:
Added engraved title page.
Some of the engravings are by Dominique Barrière, commissioned by Borromini; the remainer have been supplied by the publisher.
British Architectural Library. Early Imprints Collection. Early printed books, 1478-1840, 327
Katalog der Ornamentstichsammlung der Staatlichen Kunstbibliothek, Berlin, 2659
Macmillan enc. of arch., I, p. 259
Latin and Italian in parallel columns.

Subject:

Borromini, Francesco, 1599-1667.
Oratorio dei Filippini (Rome, Italy)
Buildings
Rome (Italy) Buildings, structures, etc.
Italy Rome
Italian Architects.

Form/genre:

Engravings Italy 17th century.
Engravings Italy 18th century.

Added entries:

Barrière, Dominique, approximately 1618-1678, engraver.
Giannini, Sebastiano, publisher.
Italy Rome.

Title on added engraved title page: Opera del Cav. Francesco Boromino ...

Holdings:

Location: Library cage m 132347
Call No.: 4548
Status: Available