Manuale di vari ornamenti tratti delle fabbriche e frammenti antichi per uso e commodo de' pittori, scultori, architti, scarpellini, stuccatori, intagliatori di pietre e legni, argentieri, gioiellieri, ricamatori, ebanisti, 4 vols

Rome: Casaletti .... [imprint varies somewhat for vols. 3 & 4 in 1790], 1781-1790. First Edition.. Early nineteenth century parchment with mounted labels.. Very good; some spotty foxing at the margins and on the backs of some sheets - in a few instances the foxing is heavier; mounted leather labels on the binding are chipped or abraded; joints and hinges are solid.. Small folio; I - vi pp. + frontispiece & 50 leaves of engraved plates; II - vi pp. + 50 leaves of engraved plates; III - x pp. + frontispiece & 65 leaves of plates; IV - viii pp. + frontispiece & 30 leaves of engraved plates, [2 - divisional title] pp. + 18 leaves of engraved plates of architectural sun-dials. There are 216 plates in all. Good, deep impressions of the illustrations. Printed on thick paper.

Antonini's catalog of design motifs. The first two volumes contain illustrations of vault bosses (rosettes). Volume 3 has torchiers; volume 4 candelabras with printed mottos and a supplement on architectural sun-dial designs. See Millard, Italian .... for references to Antonini as an engraver; Berlin I, #594; see Heilbron, The Sun in the Church ....