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ARCHITECTURE] BAROZZA DA VIGNOLA, GIACOMO (JACOPO). Il Vignola illustrato proposto da Giambattista Spampani e Carlo Antonini studenti d'architettura . Rome: Stamperia di Marco Pagliarini, 1770. Rebound in period style in full tan calf, blocked in gilt and blind, all edges sprinkled red. 13 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches (34 x 23 mm); [viii], 58, xxviii pp., with an allegorical frontispiece of the muses crowning the bust of Vignola, engraved title, engraved portrait of the dedicatee (Pope Clement XIV), two engravings in the text, and 55 engraved plates, as called-for. Some occasional pale spotting to the text, pale marginal stain to a few plates towards the end, in generally a pretty, unpressed copy. Barozzo was among the most important architects of the 16th century, working mostly in Rome, where he took over from Michelangelo in the improvements to St. Peter's Basilica. He was also responsible for the Palazzo Farnese di Caprarola, the Villa Giulia, and many other major commissions. This edition includes Vignola's 1562 essay on the five orders, and a digest of his work on perspective. C