Describes the most complete treatise on the techniques of sculpture in stone and marble. Written by Orfeo Boselli the <i>Osseruationi della Scoltura Antica, dating from the 1650's, is an unpublished ms in the Corsini Library, Home. Includes a translation printed with the original Italian into English of Book V, fols. 171ÃŽ42-176ÃŽ42: What the sculptor should know,...in order to be informed about the restoration of antique statues; Method of restoring antique bas-reliefs...; Another method used for the same subject; Another method for other accidents; How to make the mixture for attaching; How one shouldpin the pieces together; How to make white stucco and give it an antique color; Method of restoring antique statues; Method of restoring clothed statues, and (what to do) when the base is missing.