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ABC/149
Title
Description des bains de Romains (in English)
Date(s)
- 1772 (Creation)
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1 volume
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Name of creator
(1 Jun 1745–19 Mar 1812)
Biographical history
Scottish architect who worked at the court of Catherine II of Russia.
ODNB Entry:
https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/37258
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Description of the Baths of the Romans, enriched by Palladio's plans, corrected and perfected; and preceded by a preface, in the form of an introduction, on the nature of this work. And a dissertation on the state of the Arts during the different periods of the Roman Empire. The text is accompanied by various in-text illustrations or etched plates of scaled plans, elevations, and sections of several buildings or architectural details (friezes, ceilings, columns). Subjects illustrated: Laconicum at Pompeii; Gymnasium of Vitruvius; Baths of Hippias; Exedrae in Antonines' Baths; Baths of Titus (Piscina; Piazzas; Temples; Peristylia; Xystus; Unctuaria; Apodyterium); Baths of Agrippa (Pantheon; Place where the wrestlers bathed; Apodyterium; Xystus; Peristyle; Ephebeum or Sphaeristerium; Conisterium or Eleothesium; Frigidarium); Caldarium at Pisa; Baths of Domitian and Trajan; Baths of Caracalla; Baths of Dioclesian; Baths of Constantine; Baths of Nero; View of the Exedrae in Titus's Baths; Baths of Domitian; Palace of Augustus.
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Language of material
- English
- French
- Italian
- Latin
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Very good condition