Calcografia di Roma, ovvero, Le piante, vendute, piazze, chiese, palazzi, bassirilievi, statue ed altri monumenti antichi e moderni di questra superba citta' : incisi in rame e divisi in vari volumi
A Roman engraved guide published in 1779 in Rome by Giovanni Battista Cannetti, with plates by engravers Serafino Giovannini and Domenico Porti, collecting views of plans, squares, churches, palaces, reliefs and statues for an audience of antiquarians and travellers. The pictures are single figures of ancient statues shown full length on plinths, each in a framed plate with a Latin inscription, in fine line hatching against a plain ground. A designer could take from them the classical contrapposto pose, drapery falling in folds, and the restrained tonal engraving of eighteenth-century antiquarian prints.
