Galli Bibiena, Ferdinando. Directions to young... Lot 651

Galli Bibiena, Ferdinando. Directions to young students in the design of civil architecture, in the Accademia Clementina dell'Instituto delle Scienze. Bologna, Lelio Dalla Volpe, 1745-53. In 12° (173 x 94 mm);[12], 143, [1]; 144 pages. Small frieze on title page, 131 engraved and partly folded plates (missing the 2 final plates in the first volume?, other small defects.) Coeval binding in bazzana with phytomorphic friezes on spine, red boards (small faults at headpieces). Pocket edition of the 1711 Civil Architecture. Also in the lot is Filippo Titi's 1763 Descrizione delle pitture, sculture e architetture esposte al pubblico in Roma, 1770 Trattato di segreteria by Domenico Milone, and 4 out of 5 handouts of Luigi Maria Valadier's 1807 Architectural Projects for all sorts of fabrications in different styles and uses within printed publisher's brossure with a total of 40 plates. (8)