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Letter by Giovanni Battista Piranesi, from Rome, to Robert Mylne, in London, 11 Nov 1760, accompanied by a translation, ca. 1824
He thanks Robert Mylne for making his engravings known in England; he is very interested in Blackfriars Bridge and asks for an exact copy of the design to be sent to him; gives news from Rome and refers to a delay in the publication of his work, "On the Magnificence and Architecture of the Romans"; he has been measuring and drawing the columnsand entablatures under restoration at the Campo Vacino monument in Rome [the Temple of Jupiter in the Forum, now called Castorand Pollux]; prompted by the comments of [Jean Antionne] Morand, a French painter, he stresses the need for accuracy and observes that there is a want of accuracy in Desgodetz'work; George Dance [the younger] has been taking casts of parts of the monument; Piranesi has also been measuring and drawing the amphitheatre at Castrense which was being excavated.
On the Art of Building in Ten Books
De Re Aedificatoria, by Leon Battista Alberti (1404-1472), was the first modern treatise on the theory and practice of architecture. Its importance for the subsequent history of architecture is incalculable, yet this is the first English translation based on the original, exceptionally eloquent Latin text on which Alberti's reputation as a theorist is founded.
