Pianta, e spaccato del nuovo teatro d'Imola: architettura del Cavalier Cosimo Morelli ; Dedicato a Sua Eccellenza la Signora Marchesa Lilla Cambiaso
An 1780 architectural treatise by Cosimo Morelli, dedicated to the Marchesa Lilla Cambiaso, presenting plans and sections of Italian theatres for an audience of architects and patrons. The pictures are engraved cross-sections and floor plans showing horseshoe auditoria with tiered boxes, a proscenium arch framed by curtains, and stage houses under pitched roofs, which a designer could use as a reference for theatre layout, tiered seating rhythm, and classical stage framing.
