Basilica Carolina opus grande
Subtitle: non homini, sed Deo praeparata habitatio ... duobus a Carolis genuinis divi Caroli M. posteris, serenissimis, potentissimis, ac pientissimis archi-thesaurariis, &c. &c. &c. Mannhemii Palatina in metropoli aedificata ... ad sacros religionis Catholicae, minimaeque Societatis Jesu perpetuos usus consecrata, et votivae memoriae sanctorum ejusdem soc. patriarcharum S. Jgnatii Loyolae, et S. Francisci Xaverii, patronorum tutelarium, ritu Catholico solenni ... dedicata die XVIII. Maii, anno MDCC LX. praesenti opere ad posterorum memoriam delineata, in aeternae gratitudinis, observantiae, devotionis et submissionis argumentum clementissimo et munificentissimo suo conditori, donatori et dotatori praesentata et oblata a Collegio Societatis Jesu Mannhemii
Contributors: Bibiena, Alessandro, 1686-1748, architect; Klauber, Johann Baptist, 1712-approximately 1787, engraver; Klauber, Joseph Sebastian, approximately 1700-1768, engraver; Leitenstorffer, Franz Anton, 1721-1795, illustrator; Rabaliati, Franz Wilhelm, illustrator; Wille, Johann Georg, 1715-1808, illustrator; Ziesenis, Johann Georg, 1716-1776, illustrator
Publisher: Ex typographejo Electorali Aulico
Place of publication: Mannheim]
Language: lat
Number of pages: 80
Subjects: Jesuitenkirche (Mannheim, Germany)
Description: First edition of this festival book celebrating the completion of the Jesuit church in Mannheim (Jesuitenkirche), which served as the court church of the Mannheim Electors Charles Philip III and Charles Theodore. Designed by Alessandro Galli da Bibiena, the church was completed in 1760 anc consecrated to St. Ignatius of Loyola and St. Francis Xavier by the Prince Bishop of Augsburg, Joseph of Hesse-Darmstadt. Most of the engravings are by the Klauber brothers after illustrations by F.A. von Leitenstorffer, F.W. Rabaliati, J.G. Wille, and J.G. Ziesenis.
Notes: Signatures: A-U².

Royal Institute of British Architects. Catalogue of the printed books and manuscripts, page 81