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110. Sanvitali, Federico.
ELEMENTI / DI / ARCHITETTURA / CIVILE / DEL PADRE /
FEDERICO SANVITALI / Della Compagnia di Gesu. / OPERA
POSTUMA. / IN BRESCIA. / Dalle Stampe di Giammaria Rizzardi.
/ MDCCLXV. / CON LICENZA DE' SUPERIORI.
4to. Engraved portrait (1 leaf); title page ([i]); dedication ([iii]-viii);
text (1-105); advertisement (106); 4 engraved plates, all folding.
Federico Sanvitali (1704-61) was an Italian architect and mathematician.
He divided his Elementi into three parts-"solidità," "comodità,"
Plate CXVI. From No. 109. Plans of fireplaces (Vol. I, p. 385).
Plate CXVII. Fireplace in Martha Jefferson Randolph's bedroom, Monticello.
with their solutions given.
Kimball (p. 99) says Jefferson acquired this book between 1785
and 1789. His copy was sold to Congress. It was not ordered for the University,
whose present copy has been recently acquired, the gift of the
Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation.
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