Antonio Asprucci Architectural Drawings for the Villa Borghese, ca. 1770–ca. 1793

Antonio Asprucci Architectural Drawings for the Villa Borghese, ca. 1770–ca. 1793

Over 50 architectural drawings and designs prepared for the conversion of the Villa Borghese into a museum.
French Textile Manuscript

French Textile Manuscript, ca. 1820

This 127-leaf manuscript, including fabric samples and drawings, begins with a history of silk manufacture and continues with discussion of contemporary silk makers in Spain, Italy, and France. Illustrated with 136 intricate drawings of looms, many in watercolor, showing set-ups for various patterns and materials.
La galerie électorale de Dusseldorf, 1770–78

La galerie électorale de Dusseldorff, 1770–78

An album of 349 drawings and watercolor sketches depicting the notable collection of Italian, Dutch, and Flemish Old Master paintings housed in the Düsseldorf Gallery in the mid-18th century and published in La galerie électorale de Dusseldorff by Nicolas de Pigage and Christian von Mechel in 1778.
Elementi della architettura civile

Giuseppe Vannini, Autografi delle tavole della prima edizione dell' opera, degli "Elementi della architettura civile," 1818–50

Fifty-four drawings by Vannini used in his Elementi d'architettura civile of 1818, here bound for reuse in the preparation of the second edition of 1850. Includes two manuscript letters.

Mexique, 1865

Mexique, 1865

A 168-page album with photographs, sketches, and manuscript notes assembled by Louis Falconnet, an officer in the French army, while on his tour of duty in Mexico (1864–66) at the time of the French intervention.
Museo Vittoriano overo raccolta di varj monumenti antichi esistenti nello studio di D. Ferdinando Vittoria in Roma

Museo Vittoriano overo raccolta di varj monumenti antichi esistenti nello studio di D. Ferdinando Vittoria in Roma, 1708

Approximately 170 leaves of drawings and prints of classical antiquities in the collection of Ferdinando Vittoria, the nephew of Vicente Victoria. Several drawings were made by Victoria and engraved by Francesco Bartoli; the rest are by Saverio Scilla.
Plan of the Installation of a Picture Gallery, ca. 1800

Plan of the Installation of a Picture Gallery, ca. 1800

An album with 19 leaves of hand-colored drawings depicting gallery interiors with handwritten texts describing locations, dimensions, artists, and titles of pictures. The location of the gallery is probably Venice, possibly the Casa Garzoni.