Ornamenti diversi inventati disegnati ed eseguiti da Giocondo Albertolli professore d'ornati nella Reale Accademia di Belle Arti in Milano. Incisi da Giacomo Mercoli Luganese.

Large folio; 64 pl. (marg. foxing, sl. marg. tears. part. 1 pl. II, XXI, XXIII, marg. tear strengthened to part 3 pl. XIX, sl. dampstaining on top right corner last pl.).

Contemp. half vellum, marbled paper on covers, flat spine (traces of use on the edges).

"Ornamenti diversi" (1782) with 24 engr. on 22 pl. representing architectural ornaments such as ceilings, pillars, interior decorations etc., "Alcune decorazioni di nobili sale ed altri ornamenti [...]. Incisi da Giacomo Mercoli e da Andrea de Bernardis" (1787) with 21 pl. showing the decorations of cornices, vaults, doors, candlesticks, tableware and 1 pl., only in some copies, representing a frieze commissioned by Cristiano Guglielmo de Steinaver to the author and "Miscellanea per i giovani studiosi del disegno [...]" (1796) with 22 engr. on 20 pl. of bird studies and other ancient Italian motifs.
Ref. Berlin Kat. 595. - Cicognara 390.
Prov. [Castle of Duras].