Raccolta e paralello {French & Italian} delle fabbriche classiche di tutti i tempi d'ogni popolo e di Ciascun stile; con l'aggiunta di altre 300 e più fabbriche e monumenti d'ogni genere antichi e moderni e della storia generale dell'architettura. [[Collection and parallels {French & Italian} of the classic structures of all times of every people and of each style; With the addition of another 300 and more structures and monuments of all kinds ancient and modern and of the general history of architecture.]]

Raccolta e paralello {French & Italian} delle fabbriche classiche di tutti i tempi d'ogni popolo e di Ciascun stile; con l'aggiunta di altre 300 e più fabbriche e monumenti d'ogni genere antichi e moderni e della storia generale dell'architettura. [[Collection and parallels {French & Italian} of the classic structures of all times of every people and of each style; With the addition of another 300 and more structures and monuments of all kinds ancient and modern and of the general history of architecture.]] 1833. Venezia: Presso Giuseppe Antonelli.

Folio 13x19.25") Heavy gilt, 6 panels, 3 panels. I volume of text and 2 volumes of engravings.

This book is a large-format architectural compendium typical of the early 19th century, part of a European movement to catalog, compare, and historicize architecture across civilizations. Works like this one were often heavily illustrated, showing engravings or lithographs of famous buildings — from classical antiquity (Greek, Roman, Egyptian) through medieval, Renaissance, and even early modern architecture.

The phrase “raccolta e parallelo” (collection and comparison) suggests that the book was meant not merely as an anthology of architectural plates, but as a comparative study of styles and structures, showing how forms evolved across cultures and eras. This was a popular scholarly and educational approach in the neoclassical period, when architects and theorists sought to establish universal principles of beauty, proportion, and harmony by examining architecture “of all nations.”

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