Raph. Fabretti Gasparis f. Vrbinatis De aquis et aquaeductibus veteris Romae dissertationes tres
A 1680 Latin scholarly treatise by Raffaele Fabretti, printed in Rome, on the water supply and aqueducts of ancient Rome, written for antiquarians and scholars. Its pictures are precise engraved architectural diagrams of a water-channel chamber, a pedimented gateway with a lion-mask keystone, arched vault elevations, and scaled masonry sections, each lettered and dimensioned for reference. A designer could take clean line-drawn arches, coffered masonry patterns, and the disciplined labelled-plan style of early modern technical engraving.
