‎BELGRADO Jacopo [ ] :‎
‎Dell' architettura egiziana. Dissertazione d'un corrispondente dell' Academia delle Scienze di Parigi, membro dell'Istituto di Bologna.‎

‎.: 18. Parma, dalla Stamperia Reale ( Bodoni ), 1786, in-4°, 24 x 17 cm, xvi pp + 268 pp, bound in contemporary half roan, with boards covered with marbled paper, smooth spine with gilt lettering. Joints slightly rubbed and with a neat minor restoration at corners, some staining in the bottom margin of the last 2 leaves, small early signature on the title, but overall a very good fresh copy. First and only edition. Brooks 308 (who notes that only 100 copies were printed). In 1785 the Parisian Acadamy offered a prize for the best essay on ancient Egyptian architecture. . Allthough the prize was actually won by Quatremère de Quicy, his winning essay was not published until 1803. So this essay by the Jesuit scholar from Parma university became the first published. In it Belgrado discusses the relationship between Egyptian and Greek architecture and the relative dating of Egyptian buildings and of the Temple of Solomon.‎

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