Succinte memorie intorno le sedici antiche colonne presso S. Lorenzo : nella circostanza della ricostruzione e riordinamento del corso di Porta Ticinese ...
An 1831 Italian antiquarian memoir by Carlo Amati, published in Milan by Pirola, about the sixteen ancient columns beside the church of San Lorenzo and their setting during the reconstruction of the Porta Ticinese road. The pictures are measured plates of carved architectural fragments, capitals and column bases, with cross-sections and plans of the ground, along with a sheet of inscribed stone with mirrored lettering and a large letter M. A designer could take from them the crisp line-drawn detailing of classical stonework, with acanthus leaves, plan and section drawings, and the look of engraved antiquarian plates.
