[Belgrado (Jacopo)] Dell'Architettura Egiziana..., first edition, [one of 100 copies], half-title, title with engraved vignette and contemporary ink signature in outer margin, a few pencil marginalia, staining to lower margin of last two leaves, one or two other marginal stains, contemporary half sheep, spine gilt, rubbed, upper joint and corners repaired, [Brooks 308], Parma, Stamperia Reale [Bodoni], 1786 § Quatremere de Quincy (A.C.) De l'Architecture Égyptienne..., first edition, half-title, 18 engraved plates, 2 folding, one torn and repaired, spotting and water-staining, contemporary red boards, spine gilt, rubbed, upper joint worn, Paris, Barrois, An XI - 1803 § Rosso (Giuseppe del) Ricerche dull'Architettura Egiziana, signature on title, browned and stained, old wrappers (mid-19th century printers' waste), Siena, 1800, 4to & 8vo (3)

⁂ Three entries in a competition for an essay on Egyptian architecture, set by the Académie des Inscriptions et de Belles Lettres in Paris in 1785. Although the second item, by Quatremere de Quincy, won the prize it was not published until 1803; del Rosso's essay was first published in 1787.