In lode delle belle arti, orazione e componimenti poetici : relazione del concorso e de' premj distribuiti in Campidoglio dall' insigne Accademia del disegno in S. Luca, il dì 27 aprile 1773, secondo l' istituzione del nobil uomo Carlo Pio Balestra, essendo principe dell' Accademia il signor Andrea Bergondi scultore
A 1773 Roman publication printed by Arcangelo Casaletti, issued by the Accademia del disegno di San Luca for its Campidoglio prize-giving, collecting an oration and poems in praise of the fine arts for an audience of artists and patrons. The pictures are small copperplate engraved headpieces and initials, with putti working at tools, a draped female figure beside a letter A, and a bust beside an S, offering designers a source of classical decorative vignettes and ornamental letterforms.
