ABC/149 - Description des bains de Romains (in English)

ABC/149

Description des bains de Romains (in English)

1 volume

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.

Very good condition