Le Terme dei Romani... ripubblicate con la giunta di alcune osservazioni de Ottavio Bertotti Scamozzi giusta l'esemplare del Lord Conte di Burlingthon [sic] impresso in Londra l'anno 1732.

Bookseller Notes

A very attractive edition of this architectural work on the Roman Baths of Constantine. Palladio worked on the sketches, plans, elevations and sections of the Roman baths throughout his career. These passed through a series of hands until they were purchased by the 3rd Earl of Burlington in the early eighteenth century, and reproduced as plates. Between 1776 and 1783 an Italian neo-Palladian named Ottavio Bertotti Scamozzi created what he termed the 'fifth volume' of Palladio; he reproduced Burlington's plates, but used text from Charles Cameron, a Scottish adventurer who in 1772 had self-published a handsome volume entitled 'The baths of the Romans explained and illustrated.' There is a smudged inscription inside the front cover apparently recording the purchase of the book in Rome by a British traveller at any rate, the ink title on the spine is in English.