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Descrizione libro: [Milan, no printer, 1818-1829]., 1829. Oblong folio (485 x 405 mm). T. p. and 62 engr., hand-coloured etchings by A. Sanquirico (all on paper with watermark "J. Whatman, Turkey Mill"); tissue guards (watermark "FB") preserved throughout. Contemp. green boards with elaborate gilt neo-classical decoration. In same-coloured original slipcase. First edition of Sanquirico's synoptic collection of his work, complete in 62 plates, never sold in the regular book trade and presented by the artist only to highest dignitaries. "La grandiosa collezione del Sanquirico, in fogli di grande formato, stampati e colorati con estrema cura, era evidentemente destinata a clienti 'facoltosi'" (Ferrero). In 1818 Sanquirico set out to publish all the theatre decorations he had executed. The inked and coloured series of etchings was completed in 1829. Sanquirico is considered the best stage designer of his time. From 1817 to 1832 he was "scenografico unico" at the Milano "Scala", where he was much admired for his inexhaustible production of new creations. "He is a master of perspective, and a painter of the finest taste; capable of creating magical effects through colour and light. Every one of his decorations is possessed of a unique magic and rich versatility of invention. There was not an opera in which Sanquirico, apart from the celebrated singers, did not also celebrate his triumph" (Nagler). "La sua attività coincise con uno dei periodi più interessante della lirica italiana, quando ai nomi ormai famosi di Mayr, Mozart e Meyerbeer si alternavano quelli di Rossini, Bellini, Donizetti e Pacini, e il balletto italiano trovava la sua nova espressione nelle pantomime eroiche" (Enc. dello Spettacolo). For this present album, Sanquirico used the best paper available, the strong velin made by the Turkey Mill on which James Audubon also printed his 'Birds of America' (cf. Bannon/Clark, Handbook of Audubon Prints, 35). The colouring is masterfully executed, showing exceptional brilliance. Hundreds of fine hues - in the tropical flora, in the precious costumes of the exotic peoples, in the luminescent pink clouds over the evening landscapes - lend these scenes a unique beauty and atmospheric splendour. - Immaculate, entirely spotless copy in the original boards as issued. Merely the matching slipcase shows traces of restoration, otherwise entirely untouched. - Included as a set are Sanquirico's impressive stage designs for Giovanni Pacini's opera "L'Ultimo Giorno di Pompei" as performed at the Milan Scala in 1827. They, too, were never sold in the regular book trade, as Nagler and Wurzbach confirm - even the title page was drawn by hand, which explains the several slightly different wordings of the very few copies that can be traced. The plates show scenes from the opera against splendid neo-classical architecture; the actors are depicted in elaborate costume, and there is an impressive view of Vesuvius erupting. Both volumes removed from the library of the Dukes of Bavaria at Tegernsee castle. Wurzbach XXVIII, 196. Nagler XVI, 135. Enc. dello Spettacolo VIII, 1483. M. V. Ferrero, La Scenografia della Scala nell'età neoclassica, Milan 1983, 91-140. Codice libro della libreria 24469

Descrizione libro: Milan, no printer, [1829]., 1829. Oblong folio (485 x 406 mm). Ms. title page, 1 tinted and 8 hand-coloured aquatints by A. Sanquirico (all on paper with watermark "J. Whatman, Turkey Mill"); tissue guards preserved throughout. Contemp. green boards with elaborate gilt neo-classical decoration. In same-coloured original slipcase. Alessandro Sanquirico's impressive stage designs for Pacini's "L'Ultimo Giorno di Pompei" as performed at the Milan Scala in 1827 were never sold in the regular book trade, as Nagler and Wurzbach confirm - even the title page was drawn by hand, which explains the several slightly different wordings of the very few copies that can be traced. The plates show scenes from the opera against splendid neo-classical architecture; the actors are depicted in elaborate costume, and there is an impressive view of Vesuvius erupting. - Sanquirico is considered the best stage designer of his time. From 1817 to 1832 he was "scenografico unico" at the Milano "Scala", where he was much admired for his inexhaustible production of new creations. "He is a master of perspective, and a painter of the finest taste; capable of creating magical effects through colour and light. Every one of his decorations is possessed of a unique magic and rich versatility of invention. There was not an opera in which Sanquirico, apart from the celebrated singers, did not also celebrate his triumph" (Nagler). "La sua attività coincise con uno dei periodi più interessante della lirica italiana, quando ai nomi ormai famosi di Mayr, Mozart e Meyerbeer si alternavano quelli di Rossini, Bellini, Donizetti e Pacini, e il balletto italiano trovava la sua nova espressione nelle pantomime eroiche" (Enc. dello Spettacolo). For this present album, Sanquirico used the best paper available, the strong velin made by the Turkey Mill on which James Audubon also printed his 'Birds of America' (cf. Bannon/Clark, Handbook of Audubon Prints, 35). The colouring is masterfully executed, showing exceptional brilliance; hundreds of fine hues lend these scenes a unique beauty and atmospheric splendour. - Some staining to endpapers; otherwise an immaculate copy in the original boards as issued. Removed from the library of the Dukes of Bavaria at Tegernsee castle. Wurzbach XXVIII, 196. Nagler XVI, 135. Enc. dello Spettacolo VIII, 1483. Codice libro della libreria 26637

Descrizione libro: Paris, Houdaille, Libraire-Éditeur, 1836. Couverture rigide. Condizione libro: Neuf. 3ème Édition. 4 vol. in-8° et 2 atlas in-folio ; (2)-LXXIX-460 pp./(2)-587 pp./(2)-522 pp./(2)-614 pp., les atlas se composent ainsi : [Naples]-1 page de grand titre-285 gravures, cartes, figures [1-285]/[Grande Grèce]-1 page de grand titre-273 gravures, cartes, figures [286-558 et dernier], demi-chagrin bleu, dos à nerfs joliment orné, filets or, caissons or, titre or, reliure uniforme de l’époque, superbe exemplaire. Blanc, 957 (pour l’édition de 1829). Quérard, La France Littéraire, t. VIII, p. 360. Troisième édition rarissime complète (Paris, Dufour & Cie, 1829, pour la deuxième édition). Manque à de nombreuses bibliographies idoines.Very nice set. Very scarce.Complet.The best edition. Codice libro della libreria ABE-1506978694

Descrizione libro: London, Rodwell and Martin, [1819]-1821., 1821. Couverture rigide. Condizione libro: Très bon. Edition originale. Gd in-folio ; page de gd titre portant une vignette gravée à l’aquatinte-1 f. non chiffré [Table des planches]-30 ff. non chiffrés de texte explicatif en anglais (recto) et en français (verso)-30 aquatintes couleurs h.-t. encadrées sur papier fort et montées sur onglet, plein veau blond, dos lisse richement orné, caissons or, fleurons or, p. de titre en maroquin vert, palette or en pied, double filet or d’encadrement sur les plats, armes frappées au centre, tranches dorées, rel. de l’époque, superbe exemplaire. Abbey, Travel t. I, 130. Colas, 876. Lipperheide, 1444. Tooley, 182. Édition originale rare. L’ouvrage fut publié en 5 livraisons contenant chacune d’elles 6 aquatintes couleurs [1819, 1819, 1820, 1820, 1821]. EXEMPLAIRE AUX ARMES FRAPPÉES AU CENTRE DES PLATS DE L'ORDRE DE LA JARRETIÈRE fondé le 19 janvier 1350, par le roi Édouard III et portant la devise « Honi soit qui mal y pense ». L’ordre est considéré comme le plus illustre de l’Europe, destiné à la haute noblesse britannique et aux souverains étrangers. Exemplaire sans le feuillet [non chiffré et imprimé recto] préliminaire de 22 lignes relié avant la table des planches. Ce feuillet ne fut imprimé in-fine que pour les tirages avec les aquatintes sans marges et contrecollées sur un carton fort de couleur verte. Nous somme ici en présence d'un très rare exemplaire complet en tout premier tirage qui possède encore ses serpentes, papier de soie (ici un papier fort) que l’éditeur place devant une gravure dans un livre pour empêcher le report d’encre sur la page en vis-à-vis, toujours possible avant un séchage complet. Cet ouvrage, dès sa publication, fut considéré comme l’un des chefs-d’œuvre de l’illustration grâce à la remarquable qualité de ses dessins et la finesse de ses couleurs. FIRST EDITION. SPLENDID COPY. Codice libro della libreria ABE-7581474905

Descrizione libro: Proprietà Cav. Uff. Pasquale d'Amelio, Napoli, 1886. Chemise D'éditeur. Condizione libro: Très bon. 630 x 445 Mm. Grand in-folio de (1) f. de couverture, ix pp. (dont le titre lithographié orné d'une vignette), 20 pp. de texte et 20 chromolithographies numérotées. Infimes rousseurs. Conservé en feuilles, tel que paru, dans la chemise de l'éditeur. RARE OUVRAGE SUPERBEMENT ILLUSTRE CONSACRE AUX PEINTURES MURALES DECOUVERTES A POMPEI AUX XVIIIE ET XIXE SIECLES. L'illustration magnifique se compose de 20 grandes chromolithographies réalisées d'apres l'architecte italien Edoardo Cerillo et gravées par Vincenzo Loria (1850-1939). Les couleurs extrêmement vives sont considérées comme étant tres proches des couleurs originales observées sur le site au moment des fouilles. le present ouvrage est extremement interessant car c'est le premier a offrir une vision d'ensemble des compositions murales de pompei. Hence the publication is of special interest to the architect and decorative artist; for to the one it shows the variety and grace of buildings now impossible to reconstruct from any other sources, and to the other the possibility of introducing bold and beautiful effects on blank walls by the use of colors. The 20 plates in chromo-lithography, together with ample descriptive and critical text, appears in large, loose sheets in a portfolio Précieux ouvrage de toute beauté, du plus haut intérêt du point de vue de l'architecture, de la décoration, mais aussi de l'histoire de la civilisation romaine. The New York Times, 20 juin 1887. ***A rare work dedicated to Pompeian wall paintings discovered in the 18th and 19th centuries. A precious handsome volume of special interest to the architect and decorative artist.***. Codice libro della libreria CS0056

Descrizione libro: Delaunay et Belon, Paris, 1821. Premire edition, rare. Elle comprend un atlas de 59 planches lithographiees par ƒdouard de Montule ou Charles Brocas, tirees sur les presses du comte Charles-Philibert Lasteyrie du Saillant qui avait ouvert le premier etablissement lithographique de Paris en 1814. Ne au Mans, ƒdouard de Montule fit une brve carrire militaire ˆ la fin del'Empire, puis entreprit de voyager en Amerique du nord et ˆ Saint-Domingue (1816), puis en Italie, en Sicile et en ƒgypte (1818 et 1819). Il publia, ˆ compte d'auteur, le recit de ses voyages sous forme de lettres qu'il illustra de ses propres dessins. Les planches comprennent: un titre illustre de 4 vignettes allegoriques, 2 cartes depliantes des ƒtats-Unis et de l'ƒgypte, des vues de lÕAmerique (New York, Philadelphie, l'"le St Thomas, Saint-Domingue, la Jama•que, la Nouvelle-Orleans, le Mississipi, les chutes du Niagara), de lÕItalie (Livourne, des ruines romaines prs de Rome et de Naples, le Vesuve, Pompei, la Sicile, une vue de Malte), de lÕƒgypte (les pyramides, Le Caire, Thbes, Edfou, "le de Philae) et une vue de Marseille. Bel exemplaire. Cachet de la bibliothque d'Eugne de Froberville (redacteur du Bulletin de la Societe de Geographie). L'atlas a ete lave. Brunet, III, 1874. Ñ Hage-Chahine, 3277. Ñ Leclerc, I, 1034. Ñ Sabin, 50229 (qui indique 51 planches). 2 volumes in-8 de 466-(1) pp. Ñ viij-448-(1) pp., et un atlas petit in-folio oblong, demi veau tabac, dos lisse orne, pice de titre de maroquin vert, tranches jaunes (reliure de l'epoque, ˆ l'imitation pour l'atlas). Codice libro della libreria 3377

Descrizione libro: Richter & co., Napoli, 1886. Cartone Editoriale. Condizione libro: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. First Edition. (587 mm x 426 mm). Napoli (1886) - Richter & co. 1 ff bb, 9 pp nn, 1 pp bb, 20 pp, 20 tavole (numerate I - XX), 1 ff bb 20 splendide tavole cromolitografiche a piena pagina. 43 Bella legatura coeva in mezza pelle con dorature e titoli in oro al dorso. Dati tipografici sul piatto anteriore. Interno in ottimo stato di conservazione. Qualche segno di foxing alla parte bianca delle ultime carte. Tavole in ottimo stato di conservazione. Ultima carta bianca brunita. Magnifico e raro libro sui dipinti murali di Pompei scoperti nel diciottesimo e nel diciannovesimo secolo. Le venti tavole, incise magistralmente da Vincenzo Loria (1850 - 1939), riproducono con fedeltà i colori originali così come si mostrarono al momento della scoperta. Nel suo avviso ai lettori, Giulio de Petra scrive: "L'esecuzione affidata allo stabilimento Richter & C.° è la più accurata e la più splendida, che possa desiderarsi. Le tinte non sono quelle sciupate dall'aria, dal sole e dalle intemperie, ma rendono i toni caldi e vivaci, che brillano sulle pareti di Pompei, appena rimesse a luce; e così anche le lacune vennero coscienziosamente supplite. Il testo è scritto dall'architetto ingegnere Edoardo Cerillo. Egli illustrando con molta dottrina gl'infiniti particolari di quelle decorazioni, e ricercando con grande acume l'unità organica delle varie composizioni, ha pienamente giustificata la fiducia in lui riposta dall'editore. Infatti, trattandosi in massima parte di pitture architettoniche, il difficile compito non poteva essere adempiuto meglio che da un architetto, il quale ha, come lui, un senso squisito dell'arte ed è versato negli studii dell'antichità classica. La traduzione francese è fatta magistralmente dal cav. Giulio Cottrau". Nella sua "Bibliografia di Pompei, Ercolano e Stabia" (Napoli, 1891) Friedrich Furchheim afferma che questo libro "contiene le 13 tavole dell'opera di Richer, Décorations murales de Pompéi (Napoli, 1879, ndc), coll'aggiunta di altre sette tavole". Alquanto controversa la data di stampa di questo splendido volume: 1888 secondo il Furchheim, 1886 secondo ICCU, 1880 secondo altri. Molto verosimile la data del 1886 in quanto esiste una recensione del New York Times datata 20 giugno 1887 che elogia i contenuti e la qualità del libro "finished last year by Richter & Co., of Naples". Codice libro della libreria 000176

Descrizione libro: Publièes à Naples par Cuciniello e Bianchi, 1832. Rilegato. Condizione libro: buono. On en trove le dèpot chez les èditeurs Vico S.Spirito n. 49. Un volume in 8vo; pp. 80,24,32,62. Due frontespizi, uno dedicato alla città e sue vicinanze e l'altro alle rovine d'Ercolano e Pompei. 44 tavole in litografia. Splendida coloritura coeva. Legatura posteriore in pelle blue, piatti inquadrati da fregi in oro; dorso a cordoni con titolo. 5 immagini allegate. Codice libro della libreria 6087

Descrizione libro: proprietà Cav. Uff. Pasquale d'Amelio, (lithographed by) Richter & Co.,, Naples, 1886. Large folio (ca. 62 x 43 cm). Contemporary half vellum (J. A. LOEBER, Leiden), original front wrapper with title "Dipinti murali scelti di Pompei" bound in. With lithographed title-page in red and black with vignette, and 20 fine chromo-lithographed plates numbered I-XX by and after Vincenzo Loria. With bilingual text (Italian and French) in 2 columns. IX, [1 blank], 20 pp. A superbly illustrated work on the mural paintings discovered in Pompei in the 18th and 19th centuries. "The 20 large plates . bring into prominence the architectonic side of Pompeian wall painting. The colors are very close to the originals during the first days of their recovery from the darkness of 2000 years, before the hot Neapolitan sun has bleached some of the pigments and induced a delicacy of tone which was not meant by the painters" (The New York Times, 20 June 1887). The lithographs were executed by the landscape and genre painter Vincenzo Loria (Salerno 1850-1939). The main text is written by the architect Edoardo Cerillo, "who calls attention to the value of these compositions, invented to give variety and change to plain walls, not so much for their artistic beauty as for the lessons they contain concerning the architecture of Rome, Greece and the Orient. The 20 plates in chromo-lithography, together with ample descriptive and critical text, appeared in large, loose sheets in a portfolio, cost $75 a set, and form a limited edition. If the publisher receives encouragement here the American edition will be 100 copies" (The New York Times, 20 June 1887).An edition with descriptive text in Italian and English was published in Naples ca. 1888. The publication is of special interest to architects and decorative artists for it shows the variety and grace of buildings now impossible to reconstruct from any other sources, and the possibility of introducing bold and beautiful effects on blank walls by the use of colours. In very good condition. Binding slightly soiled and with a small crack in the hinge; title with spotting and marginal browning; blank margins of plates with occasional soiling or spotting; plate X with small tear in upper blank margin; some light offsetting of plates on blank verso of previous plate; small blue stain on right paper edge. A very good and scarce work on Pompei wall paintings. Not in Berlin Kat.; Fowler; Millard (French); Millard (Italian). Codice libro della libreria DB9GCVKGF5SV

Descrizione libro: Philippo Giunta,, Florence, 1525. 8vo. Dark green morocco, spine gilt, comprising a gilt monogram, richly decorated gilt borders on sides, gilt inner dentelles, g.e. (BRADEL). Woodcut vignette on title and on verso last leaf. (2), 103 (=203), (15, 8), lf. 105 (=205) - 267, (1) lvs. Collected edition of three works by classical authors, Velleius Paterculus first published here in Italy. Both Justinus and Nepos are here in an edition of "considerable authority" (Dibdin), based on the 1522 Aldus edition, with corrections. Ad 1: In trogi Pompei historiam epitomen by Justinus. Justinus collected, as he writes in his preface, the most important and interesting passages from the Historiae Philippicae by Pompeius Trogus, a work which is now lost. In the 3rd century Justinus summarized this voluminous work of 44 books, and his epitome was extremely popular in the Middle Ages. Trogus's work originally concentrated on the rise and history of the Macedonian monarchy, but Justinus digressed and elaborated to the history of the Roman empire. The work was first published in 1470, Venice. Ad 2: De vita excellentium imperatorum by Cornelius Nepos. Until 1569 the Vita were attributed to Aemylius Probus, but it is now generally accepted that the author is Cornelius Nepos (99-24 B.C.). Nepos was well acquainted with Cicero, Pomponius Atticus and Catullus. The present work, together with two biographies on Cato and Atticus, is all that is left from his writings. Nepos is the first biographer known by name, and he was also the first biographer to compare the Romans with foreigners. The work was first published at Venice, in 1471. Ad 3: Historiae Romanae duo volumina ad M. Vinici, um cos. pro generum Tib. caesaris by Velleius Paterculus (19 B.C.-31 A.D.). The Historiae is one of the most important documents on the age of Augustus and Tiberius. Beatus Rhenanus discovered the manuscript in the Alsatian Convent of Murbach in 1515, and he published the work in collaboration with Froben in 1520. The manuscript, returned to the convent after publication, is lost ever since. Part I of the Historiae deals with the history from early times, the Orient and Greece, to the fall of Carthage and Corinth in 146 B.C. Part II treats the period 146 B.C.-30 A.D., especially emphasizing the period marked by the death of Caesar (44 B.C.) and the death of Augustus (14 A.D.).As Velleius writes on the history of more recent times, his work becomes more and more detailed, and focuses on the history of the Roman empire in stead of universal history. The work consists of some rather interesting portraits of famous Romans, modelled after the Annales by Tacitus. The biographical interest of the author is expanded upon with two excursuses on history, including the most famous passages from his work on Roman colonization, and three excursuses on literary topics. The excessive flattery of especially Tiberius can be considered a counterbalance for the diatribes against Tiberius of Tacitus and Suetonius. Renouard's copy, from the libraries of Heber and Abdy. Fine copy.- (Spine sl. discoloured; faint ms. owner's name on title). Adams J725 & P414; STC Italian, p. 683; Renouard suppl, p. XLIX no. 80; cf. Renouard, p. 96 no. 9; Dibdin II, p. 138. Codice libro della libreria 16991

Descrizione libro: |1). DUMONT Gabriel-Martin and MAJOR Thomas. Les Ruines de Paestum, autrement Posidonia, ville de l'ancienne grande Grèce, au Royaume de Naples: Ouvrage contenant L'Histoire ancienne & moderne de cette Ville; la description & les vues de ses antiquités; ses inscriptions. Londres et se trouve à Paris chez J.A. .A.Jombert, 1769, in-folio, 38 x 27 cm, halftitle + title + engraved dedication+ 11 pp + 20 pp + (1)(engraved text) + 18 engraved plates h.t. (11 double page) + (1)(engraved price list of Dumont's works). 2) PIGONATI Andrea. Stato Presenti degli Antichi Monumenti Siciliani. S.l. (Sicily), 1767, in-f°, engraved title + engraved dedication, both printed in two colours + 3 engraved textleaves + 46 engraved plates. 3) VALESI Dionisio: Varie fabbriche antiche e moderne di Verona con alcune statue e busti della Galleria Bevilacqua. S.l. (Verona), 1753, engraved title + 26 engrved plates + 1 engraved index (plates 15, 16, 19, announced in the index were never present). These plates represented : Dogana nuova di Aless. Pompei ; Sepolcro di Cangrande; Sepolcro di Canmastino. Contemporary half calf with speckled boards, raised back with two labels. Exceptionally nice copy with broad margins, the plates printed on thick paper. Interesting convolute of three illustrated mid-18th century Italian books on classical antiquity and architecture. Universal Cat. of Books on Art: pp. 1285 ; pp. 1604 & pp. 2055 . Only book (3) in Cicognara (N°4103). Both the Universal Cat. & Cicognara indicate 22 plates for book (3). Only one copy in a German library (Erlangen-Nürnberg University) indicating ca. 25 plates. The index calls for a title and 29 plates, our copy has a title + 26 plates. This third book, rather a collection of engravings, is very rare. The engraver Valesi worked at onetime together with the Veronese painter Bernardo Belotti. Codice libro della libreria 14962

Descrizione libro: (Circa 1831-1854). 1831, 1854. 1 vol. in-8° oblong (225 x 300 mm.) de : [64] ff. donnant en tout 54 dessins originaux sous serpente, la plupart légendés, parfois datés, exécutés à la plume ou au crayon, rehaussés de lavis d'encre ou de gouache blanche. Plein chagrin noir romantique, premier plat titré « Album » dans un large encadrement dessiné par un ruban à fond azuré, souligné de filets à froid, tranches dorées : reliure de l'époque. (Quelques épidermures). Important album contenant 54 dessins exécutés sur le vif lors de différents périples réalisés par l'artiste anonyme en Italie : Le lac Majeur, Venise (4), Rome et ses environs (10), Pompéï datés de 1841 (2), Naples (6), Capri, etc. ; en France : le grand Chambord ou Bourbon l'Archambault dans l'Allier, le Puy de Dôme, Le Havre, Vendôme (3), Dieppe (3), Paris, Ermenonville, Neuilly, environs de Paris (3) ; et en Suisse : Genève, Lausanne ; auxquels s'ajoutent quelques paysages exotiques, dont une vue de Rio de Janeiro datée de 1854. Bel ensemble conservé dans sa charmante reliure romantique. 1 oblong vol. 8vo with 54 drawings. Contemporary black shagreen. Important album containing many original drawings executed during different voyages in France, Italy and Switzerland by an anonymous artist. Codice libro della libreria 1340

Descrizione libro: Genova. Condizione libro: vg. 1/10? Lrg. 4to. Unpaginated (37pp). Bolted brown sued decorated in bas-relief, resting in sturdy tan cloth clamshell box. Binding protected by mylar. Textured decorative satin endpapers. Illustrated with 18 mounted reproductions of etchings * in duo-tone, 10 photographic color reproductions of various art work **, 1 b/w photograph of Mussolini, as well as 5 small maps in b/w. All etchings protected by tissue guard. Color reproductions mounted on glossy silver paper, all other pages printed on heavy handmade paper. 2 pages illustrated with flag and symbol of the Third Reich and Fascist Italy, first page with text "Gewidmet vom Minister für Volkskulture", second page reads "Jahrgang XVI-II des Imperiums." Special presentation copy to commemorate Adolf Hitler's visit to Italy in May, 1938. Carte de visite of Dino Alfieri, Ministro della Cultura Popolare, in envelope of the Ministry with handwritten note on front of envelope "Il Luogotenente del Führer, Ministro del Reich Hess." Some rippling to pages. Clamshell box and book in very good condition. Elaborate publication in a stunning binding. * List of etchings: Italienische Aussichten: Bolzano und Alto Adige (Alto Adige, Die Leistungen des Faschismus / Trento (Der Domplatz) / Verona (Das Scaliger Schloss) / Venezia (Piazza S. Marco) / Milano (Der Dom) / Torino (Palazzo Madama) / Genova (Palazzo S. Giorgio) / Firenze (Palazzo Della Signoria) / Siena (Teilansicht des Doms) / Perugia (Piazza del Municipio) / Bologna (Neptunsbrunnen) / Roma: (Via Dell'Impero, Das Kapitol, Trevisbrunnen) / Napoli (Castelnuovo) / Pompei (Apollo-Tempel) / Taormina (Das Griechisch-Römische Theater) / Palermo (La Martorana)** Color plates of art work:"Il Ghirlandaio" - Besuch der heiligen Jungfrau (Ausschnitt), (Firenze - Kirche S. Maria Novella) / Giorgione - Ein Konzert (Ausschnitt), Firenze - Galleria Uffizi / Fra Bartolomeo - Portrait von Girolamo Savonarola (Firenze - Museo di S. Marco) / Florentinische Schule - Portrait einer Edeldame (Firenze - Galleria Uffizi) / Schüler von Berado Daddi - Die heilige Jungfrau mit Kind und den Heiligen (Firenze - Kirche S. Martino Allo Palma) / Correggio - Die heilige Jungfrau in Anbetung - (Firenze - Galleria Uffizi) / Autor unbekannt - Portrait von Portia de Rossi (Firenze - Galleria Uffizi) / Pontormo - Portrait von Cosimo de Medici - (Firenze - Galleria Uffizi) / Cagnacci - Sibille - (Roma - Galleria Borghese) / Simone Martini - Santa Chiara - (Assisi - Kirche von S. Francesco). Codice libro della libreria 21690

Descrizione libro: Istituto Per La Enciclopedia Italiana, Roma, 1990. Hardback. Condizione libro: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. 32 cm. POMPEI.Pitture e Mosaici opera enciclopedica in dieci volumi a cura di Giuseppe Pugliese Caratelli. 4/12 1: Regio 1., parte prima. - Roma : Istituto della Enciclopedia italiana, 1990.-1996- XVII, 966 p. : ill. ; 31 cm + 1 c. topogr. ; 56x100 cm. Fa parte di: Pompei : pitture e mosaici -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ 5/12 2: Regio 1., parte seconda. - Roma : Istituto della Enciclopedia italiana, 1990. - XIII, 1098 p. : ill. ; 31 cm. Fa parte di: Pompei : pitture e mosaici --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- 6/12 4: Regio 6., parte prima. - Roma : Istituto della Enciclopedia italiana, [1993]. - XVI, 1104 p., [1] c. di tav. : ill. ; 31 cm. Fa parte di: Pompei : pitture e mosaici ------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------- 7/12 5: Regio 6., parte seconda. - Roma : Istituto della enciclopedia italiana, c1994. - XXI, 998 p. : ill. ; 31 cm. Fa parte di: Pompei : pitture e mosaici --------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------- 8/12 7: Regio 7., parte 2. - Roma : Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 1997. - XXI, 1125 p. : ill. ; 31 cm. Fa parte di: Pompei : pitture e mosaici ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------- 9/12 8: Regio 8., Regio 9. Parte 1. - Roma : Istituto della Enciclopedia italiana, 1998. - XXI, 1123 p., [1] c. di tav. : ill. ; 31 cm. Fa parte di: Pompei : pitture e mosaici -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10/12 9: Regio 9., parte 2. - Roma : Istituto della Enciclopedia italiana, 1999. - XXV, 1104 p. : ill. ; 32 cm. Fa parte di: Pompei : pitture e mosaici -------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------ 11/12 3: Regiones 2., 3., 5. - Roma : Istituto della Enciclopedia italiana, 1991. - XV, 1103 p., [1] c. archeolog. ripieg. : ill. ; 31 cm. Pompei : pitture e mosaici --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Roma, 1990- . 10 vols. in 4to. 11.000 pp.circa with 1850 colourplts. and 14.800 ills. in b/w. Orig. half morocco 12/12 6: Regiones: 6., parte 3.; 7., parte 1. - Roma : Istituto della Enciclopedia italiana, 1996. - XXI, 1107 p. : ill. ; 32 cm. - Opera completa in dieci volumi - Language : Italian Text. Enciclopedia. Codice libro della libreria 006278

Descrizione libro: Napoli, 1771. VII,423 pp. Engraved portrait, engraved head-pieces & 100 engraved plts. Gilt tooled calf. Folio. - Binding worn, spine weak, small paint spot on front cover. - First 100 pages with a waterstain in the lower right corner (not affecting the images). *Volume 6 of of "Della Antichita di Ercolano". Codice libro della libreria 112844

Descrizione libro: Bologna Costantino Pisari 1704, 1704. In-4 de 8 ff.n.ch., 184 pp.ch. et 10 planches gravées ; vélin rigide, dos à nerfs, titre or, tranches mouchetées rouges et bleues (reliure du XIXe siècle). GM, 1546 ; NLM, 468 ; Wellcome, p. 329. ; Waller, 9796 ; voir Heirs of Hippocrates, 729. Édition originale. Important traité sur l'oreille composé par le médecin bolonais Antonio Maria Valsalva (1666-1723), qui fut élève de Malpighi et profeseur de Morgagni. "This remarkable book, which became a standard on the subject for over a century, contains his anatomical, physiological, and pathological observations of the organ. In it he described and depicted even the smallest muscles and nerves of the ear, subdividing the ear into its internal, middle, and external parts, and he showed an original method of inflating the middle ear (Valsalva's maneuver) which is still practiced today" (Heirs of Hippocrates). Ce beau volume est orné de 10 planches gravées sur cuivre, dont une dépliante, montrant les différentes parties de l'oreille et une vue partielle du crâne humain. Quelques pâles rousseurs, marginales pour la plupart. Ex-libris manuscrit ancien sur le faux-titre : "Pompei Herculani, Med.cis Bonon.sis". Codice libro della libreria 11142

Descrizione libro: (Naples, n.d. around 1875). Small 4to-oblong. (187x247 mm). Original half calf. Raised bands to spine and gilt. Front cover with a curved frame in gold and black inside which the gilt title "Pompei". Spine with gilt lettering "Album" and "R. Rive. Naples". Light wear to top of spine. A small nick to one compartment of spine. Photographic title-page "Pompei" and 79 photographs (ca. 105x145 mm) mounted within a decorative lithographed border on thick cardboards. Only one photograph is dated (1875). Nearly all photographs with a number followed by the title (e.g.: No 123. Veduta generale di Pompei). Four photographs is taken from Herculanum (No 491. Ercolano. - 490. Ercolano - Casa di Argo di Ercolano. no 493. - No 494. Teatro di Ercolano). All photographs in fine condition. Extremely scarce photographic album with some of the very first photographs taken to document the excavations at Pompei and Herculanum. The album also contains photographs of the famous plaster casts of humans, animals and flowers produced by the "Fiorelli-process", named after Giuseppe Fiorelli who directed the Pompei excavations from 1863-1873.Robert Rive was born in Great Britain. He developed most of his work in Italy. After several years working in this country he changed his name to Roberto Rive. Highlights of his work are the photos from Pompei and Rome. Rive exhibited at the 10 th. Annual Exhibition of the PhotographieRobert Rive worked as a topographical and portrait photographer from the beginning of the 1860`s until 1889 in Naples. In 1867 he took part at the Exposition Universelle of Paris. His studio produced views and stereographs of many Italian cities. He took photographs of monuments of Naples, Pompei, Sorrento, Capri , Amalfi and monuments of Sicily. He also tooks photographs of cities as Florence, Pisa, Siena, Roma and Genova. He patented a photosensitive paper used in Southern Italy.Studios in Naples, Palazzo Serracapriola, Palazzo Lieti. (Photo Collection Alonco Rotico). Codice libro della libreria 43703

Descrizione libro: Naples ( Napoli ) , studio of Giorgio Sommer, s.d. (ca. 1875 -1880), oblong in-folio album, 30,5 x 41.5 cm, bound in contemporary red half morocco, top edge gilt. The album contains 27 albumen prints by Giorgio Sommer and 11 gouaches of the same size. Photo size : 206 x 260 mm. All mounted on light grey boards, the photographs numbered and with captions in the negative, the gouaches are untitled and represent mural decorations, groteskes , a mosaic floor depicting a dog ( Cavec Anem ) . The picture numbers are : 1200 , 1201 , 1253 , 1205 , 1262 , 1240 , 1224 , 1237 , 1220 , 1218 , 1258 , 1260 , 1241 , 1243 , 1242 , 1215 , 1252 , 1213 , 1212 , 1227 , 1226 , 1230 , 1234 , 1246 , 1247 , 1250 , 1254 . ( + 11 gouaches). Exceptionally well preserved '' de luxe '' album of Pompei based on pictures published by Sommer. The photographs as well as the gouaches are in mint condition . The finely coloured gouaches completed the illustrations of the Pompei ruins and gave a good impression of the mural decorations in all there coloured abundance. They were an expensive addition to the ''Pompei Album'' before the invention of colour photography. Codice libro della libreria 39389

Descrizione libro: A. Loosjes Pz., 18111813, Haarlem, 1811. 4 parts in 2 vols. Large 8vo. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt with orange title-labels. With large stipple-engraved medallion portrait of the author by Velyn after a painting by W. Hendriks on engraved general title, 3 separate titles, and 13 full-page engraved views and costume-plates by J. P. Visscher Bender after H. Gotta, J. Grandjean, etc., incl. several after his own designs, all versos blank. VIII, 269, (1); IV, 292; VIII, 322; VIII (=6), 405, (3) pp. First and only edition of a rare popular account of a trip from Paris to Naples, by way of Tirol, and from Naples back to the Netherlands by way of Switzerland and along the Rhine, written by Adriaan van der Willigen (1766-1841), a young Dutchman and - to judge from his portrait - a lover of the good life, who made many study trips and journeys to Germany, France and Italy, mostly in the company of his friend C. Evers, to study the art of painting and to visit the most important art collections of early 19th century Europe. He was one of the first art historians and a famous collector of art and books. The finely engraved plates in this work show a view of Stuttgart, the costumes of Tirol, the amphitheatre in Verona, ice-pleasure on the lagoon of Venice, a large folding view of Naples seen from the Bay, the lake of Albano, Pompei, the costumes of Roman peasants, the ruins of the Temple of Peace, costumes of the women of Leghorn, a view of Bologne, a Swiss farmer with a little girl blowing the Alp-horn, and a view of Frankfurt. Van der Willigen wrote a number of other travel books (see Tiele 1212-3), and a treatise on the causes of the lack of good history painters in the Netherlands and the means to train them, which was published by the Teylers's Tweede Genootschap. Most famous he became by the publication, together with R. van Eynden, of his history of Dutch painting, the Geschiedenis der Vaderlandsche schilderkunst, in 4 vols, 1816-40. Good copy.- (Sl. defects to spines). Tiele 1213, note; not in Buisman, Waller, Muller, De Vries, etc.; Saalmink, p. 2187, lists 4 copies. Codice libro della libreria 21825

Descrizione libro: Gamba s.d. [1830 ca], Padova, 1830. album in-8 obl. (mm. 220x300 ca), pp. 10 + 10 tavv., rileg. mod. cartone rigido con cop. orig. applicate ai piatti. Con 10 belliss. vedute disegnate e incise dall’A. all’acquatinta con testo a fronte. Sono raffigurate: Basilica di S. Zenone, Sant’Anastasia, San Fermo Maggiore, San Bernardino, Ponte della Pietra, Ponte Lungo a Borghetto, Castelvecchio, Anfiteatro di Verona, Ville Pompei a Illasi, Porta Palio. Ex libris. Ottimo stato di conservazione. [356]. Codice libro della libreria LOC05-465

Descrizione libro: Richter e C.,, Napoli, 1886. Due cartelle di cm. 60. La prima: pp. x, 20 + 20 tavole f.t.; la seconda: frontespizio illustrato, pp. (10) di testo esplicativo, una pianta a piena pagina + 8 tavole f.t. Cartelle edit. in tela con decorazioni policrome e titoli al piatto anteriore. Brossura originale con titoli a stampa preservate all'interno. Poche tracce d'uso esterne, peraltro in ottimo stato di conservazione. Celebre ed affascinante pubblicazione che riproduce con tecnica di stampa di eccellente qualità i dipinti murali pompeiani scoperti nei due secoli precedenti. Le tavole sono incise da Vincenzo Loria e stampate dallo stabilimento tipografico Richter & C. Il risultato ottenuto ebbe i giudizi più lusinghieri dai critici dell'epoca ed in effetti è sorprendentemente efficace. Dall'introduzione del primo volume: "L'esecuzione. é la più accurata e la più splendida, che possa desiderarsi. Le tinte non sono quelle sciupate dall'aria, dal sole e dalle intemperie, ma rendono i toni caldi e vivaci, che brillano sulle pareti di Pompei, appena rimesse a luce; e così anche le lacune vennero coscienziosamente supplite. Il testo è scritto dall'architetto ingegnere Edoardo Cerillo. Egli illustrando con molta dottrina gl'infiniti particolari di quelle decorazioni, e ricercando con grande acume l'unità organica delle varie composizioni, ha pienamente giustificata la fiducia in lui riposta dall'editore. Infatti, trattandosi in massima parte di pitture architettoniche, il difficile compito non poteva essere adempiuto meglio che da un architetto, il quale ha, come lui, un senso squisito dell'arte ed è versato negli studii dell'antichità classica.". Estrememente raro a reperirsi completo dell'appendice che spesso manca o viene addirittura ignorata dalle schede bibliografiche. Codice libro della libreria 31662

Descrizione libro: Franco Di Mauro Ed. 2003-2006,, Sorrento, 2003. Saggio intr.di Stefano De Caro. 4 voll.in cofanetti. cm.32x44, pp.650, 451 tavv.a col. Tiratura limitata di 1499 esemplari numerati. legg.ed.in mz.pelle, piatti in tela, titoli e fregi in oro ai dorsi. Codice libro della libreria 104068

Descrizione libro: n.p., 1909. 5" x 8-1/2". A unique manuscript accomplished in a decorative calligraphic style with small illustrations by Anita Helen Parkhurst of poems presumably written by the author when he was eleven years old, seven years before his first commercially published book, BLOWN LEAVES of 1916, and presented to his parents at Christmas. Bound in black limp leather held together with a leather strap in a spiral fashion and with a holograph paper title label on the front cover. The contents consist of ten leaves of stiff brown paper stapled to the binding at the gutter. The title page includes author, title, the name of the calligrapher and illustrator, the dedication to Peattie's parents, and the date of 25 December 1909. The eleven poems include the title poem, Spring and Summer, Savior, We Die, Irish Drinking Song, Moon Rise, Sorrow, Mid Night and Dawn, Pompei, The Storm, and The Ruined City. While the poems are what one might expect of an eleven year old, it is interesting to note that several are concerned with themes relating to natural history, a fitting subject for the writer who would become known to many as America's most lyrical naturalist and whose books would include AN ALMANAC FOR MODERNS, IMMORTAL VILLAGE, A BOOK OF HOURS, THE ROAD OF A NATURALIST, JOURNEY INTO AMERICA, and A NATURAL HISTORY OF TREES. On the inside front cover is the large later bookplate of Donald Culross Peattie. Donald Culross Peattie (June 21, 1898 - November 16, 1964) was a U.S. botanist, naturalist and author. He was described by Joseph Wood Krutch as "perhaps the most widely read of all contemporary American nature writers" during his heyday. Peattie has been called America’s most lyrical naturalist. He was essentially a poet, for in his writing he combined science with the spirit of poetry. His work reveals a strong appreciation for beauty and a sense of the unity of nature, considerable philosophic insight, and a concern for good prose. His nature writings are distinguished by a poetic and philosophical cast of mind and are scientifically scrupulous. His best known works are the two books (out of a planned trilogy) on North American trees which he wrote in the late 1940s and early '50s. AN ALMANAC FOR MODERNS, the day-to-day observations and reflections of a sensitive naturalist, was awarded the Gold Medal of the Limited Editions Club. His 1939 FLOWERING EARTH was named the best horticultural book of the year and in 1940 received a silver medal from the Commonwealth Club of California. His autobiographical THE ROAD OF A NATURALIST was awarded a prize by Houghton Mifflin in 1941. Very Good and absolutely one of a kind. Codice libro della libreria 008599

Descrizione libro: A Cythère, 1917 [Paris, 1920], 1920. In-4 de 15 feuillets sous chemise rempliée éditeur. Elégant recueil entièrement gravé. Tirage unique à 110 exemplaires numérotés sur vergé teinté ; celui-ci n° 66. Il comprend 10 eaux-fortes libres en couleurs par le peintre André Lambert inspirées des peintures lascives de Pompéi et des priapées du XVIIIe siècle. Elles sont précédées d'un titre-frontispice et de trois feuillets d'Avertissement du Chevalier Rémy aux honnêtes gens et suivies d'un achevé d'imprimé à vignette, le tout également gravé à l'eau-forte. Chaque planche porte la signature autographe de l'artiste sous le pseudonyme de "Remicius Eques" (Le Chevalier Rémy). "L'Art a été la préoccupation essentielle du Chevalier Rémy. Ceci n'empêche que si ses ?uvres réussissent par surcroît à vous rendre moins farouches, aimables pisseuses, et plus promptes à l'embarquement pour Cythère, si vous, jouvenceaux, vous y puisez de l'amoureuse audace et vous, mâles, un renouveau de désirs, il n'en sera pas fâché. Et toi, Vieillard au regard encore pétillant que tu voudrais rendre sévère, souviens toi : il fut un temps - étudie sans aigreur ces inoffensives estampes - et alors - qui sait - il reviendra peut-être". Bel exemplaire. Pascal Pia, Les Livres de l'enfer, 373. Codice libro della libreria 9313

Descrizione libro: Firmin Didot Frères, Paris, 1861. Couverture rigide. Condizione libro: Très bon. Condizione sovraccoperta: Bon. In-8. Barré Louis (1799-1857) ~ Herculanum & Pompéi. ~ Paris: Firmin Didot Frères, Fils et Cie, 1861 In-4, 8 vol., cartonnages à la bradel de l'époque, dos lisses ornés de pièces de titre orange + une rouge (celle du Musée Secret), Recueil Général des Peintures, Bronzes, Mosaïques, etc. découverts jusqu'a ce jour, et reproduits d'après le Antichita di Ercolano, il Museo Borbonico.Augmenté de sujets inédits gravés au trait sur cuivre par H. Roux Ainé et accompagné d'un texte explicatif par M. L. Barré, 8 volumes, quelques 776 gravures sur acier représentant les monuments, objets d'art, peintures répertoriés à Herculanum et Pompéi , cet ensemble est complet de son Musée Secret (tome 8) qui répertorie les objets d'art et peintures érotiques, ce tome est très souvent manquant. Rare, Cfr. Furchheim: pag.46; cfr. Graesse: I, 297 Description of the book: Firmin Didot Brothers, Paris, 1861. State: Good. In-8. Barred Louis (1799-1857) ~ Herculanum & Pompéi. ~ Paris: Firmin Didot Brothers, Wire and Co, 1861 In-4, 8 flight., boardings with the bradel of the time, back smooth decorated with parts of orange title + a red (that of the Secret Museum), Recueil General of Paintings, Bronzes, Mosaïques, etc discovered so far, and reproduced according to Antichita di Ercolano, it Museo Borbonico.Augmenté of new subjects engraved with the feature on copper per H. Roux Ainé and accompanied by an explanatory text by Mr. L. Barred, 8 volumes, some 776 engravings on steel representing the monuments, objets d'art, paintings indexed in Herculanum and Pompéi, this unit is complete of its Museum Secrecy (volume 8) which indexes the objets d'art and paintings erotic, this volume is very often missing. Rare, Cfr. Furchheim: pag.46; cfr. Graess: I, 297. Codice libro della libreria 000006

Descrizione libro: Richter & Co., Naples. Couverture rigide. Condizione libro: Satisfaisant. , 2 grands portfolios de I. X et 20 pages puis 20 planches ; et de II. titre gravé, 5 feuillets de texte non paginés puis 8 planches, en feuilles, sous chemises, dans d'imposants portfolios illustrés en couleurs, Luxueuse nouvelle impression qui reproduit les peintures murales conservées de Pompéi. Les chromolithographies furent dessinées et gravées par Vincenzo Loria et tiré par l'imprimeur-lithographe de Naples Richter & Co. Le texte est dû à l'architecte italien Adoardo Cerillo. Nombreuses rousseurs. Codice libro della libreria 57197

Descrizione libro: NAPOLI, STAMPERIA REALE, 1823-68., NAPOLI, 1823. MEZZA PERGAMENA E CARTA ZIGR. Condizione libro: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 16 VOLUMI In-4° Piccolo. Legatura in mezza pergamena con angolari e pelle zigrinata bordeaux, al dorso fregi floreali, cornice alla greca, titolo, indicazione del volume e data di pubblicazione, il tutto inciso in nero. Ogni volume ad eccezione del quinto possiede una tavola incisa al frontespizio, in totale, esclusi i frontespizi, si contano 1003 tavole (I: 59; II: 64; III: 66; IV: 62; V: 62; VI: 67; VII: 65; VIII: 64; IX: 62; X: 66; XI: 63; XII: 62; XIII: 62; XIV: 59; XV: 59; XVI: 31); sono incise su rame, di cui alcune colorate e disegnate al tratto, al chiaroscuro, tinteggiate in monocromo o con fondi tipo vasi greci, etc. Straordinaria pubblicazione in 16 volumi, comprensivi di indici, diretta da Antonio Niccolini; può considerarsi la più importante pubblicazione fatta sul Real Museo Borbonico, oggi Museo di Napoli. Contiene l'illustrazione e la descrizione di monumenti architettonici, dipinti antichi, del medio evo e del risorgimento fino alla scuola dei Carracci, mosaici, armi, medaglie, gemme incise, vasi, monumenti egizi e infine una relazione degli scavi a Pompei ed Ercolano contemporanei alla pubblicazione di ogni volume. Alla fine dell'opera è stato compilato un accuratissimo indice. Il testo, impaginato a parte per ogni singolo articolo, è dovuto a stimati archeologi e cultori delle Belle Arti. Esemplare in buone condizioni, dalle carte leggermente fiorite, ma fresco nelle numerose e belle tavole. Codice libro della libreria 000052

Descrizione libro: Aldus Manutius & Andrea Asulani,, Venice, 1522. 8vo. 18th-century mottled calf, gold-tooled spine. With woodcut Aldine printer's device on title and verso of last leaf. 204 ll. Very rare first Aldine edition of Justinus' epitome of the historical works by Trogus Pompeius (ff. 4-147) and Nepos (ff. 148-204). The work is edited by Franciscus Asulanus. He was the son of Andrea Asulanus, the Venetian printer who also was involved with the printing of this work. Trogus Pompeius was a freed slave of the triumvir Pompey, who wrote his historical work at the end of the first century BC. In the 3rd century Justinus collected, as he writes in his preface, the most important and interesting passages from the Historiae Philippicae by Pompeius Trogus, a voluminous work of 44 books. He picked out the memorable sayings and anecdotes, which was more in tune with contemporary taste, and the original work by Trogus vanished. Trogus's work originally concentrated on the rise and history of the Macedonian monarchy, but Justinus digressed and elaborated to the history of the Roman empire. The Epitome was extremely popular in the Middle Ages and was first published in 1470 in Venice. Renouard describes this edition as being most rare, and as being much more correct than the fifteenth- and early 16th-century editions which preceded it ('Édition fort rare, et bien plus correcte que toutes les précédentes du quinzième siècle et du commencement du seizième'). Dibdin agrees, describing our edition as 'very rare and correct'.The second work on the lives of the emperors is by Cornelius Nepos, although until 1569 these Vitae were commonly mis-attributed to the fourth-century writer Aemylius Probus, but it is now generally accepted that the author is Cornelius Nepos (99-24 B.C.) who was well acquainted with Cicero, Pomponius Atticus and Catullus. The present work, together with two biographies on Cato and Atticus, is all that is left from his writings. Nepos is the first biographer known by name, and he was also the first biographer to compare the Romans with foreigners. The work was first published at Venice, in 1471. Old shelf marks in ink on inside of front cover; ownership's entry in ink on title erased. Fine copy. Adams J-723; Renouard p. 96, no.9; STC Italian p. 683; UCLA 209. Codice libro della libreria A66FSI01U79O

Descrizione libro: Timmer, Gerard Lairesse (1942), p. 83, nr. 26; cf. Snoep, 'Gerard Lairesse als plafond-en kamerschilder', in: Bulletin van het Rijksmuseum, Vol. 18, Nr. 4 (1970), pp. 198-209. First and only edition of a set of plates illustrating seven paintings by Gerard de Lairesse (1640-1711) in the council room of the former Court of Justice of Holland, Zeeland and West Friesland (now called the Lairesse room) in the Binnenhof in The Hague. The Court commissioned the paintings in 1684 and they were completed by 1688. They depict Aeneas carrying his father Anchises, an allegorical figure of Justice and five scenes from ancient Roman history, each representing a different virtue: Pompei (prudence), Scipio (moderation), Horatius Cocles (courage), Scipio again (steadfastness) and Papyrius (clemency). The printed image of each plate measures about 40 x 28 cm. In three cases the painting fills the plate; the other four paintings, being more or less square (about 23 x 23 cm to 29 x 29 cm in the plates), are depicted within the architectural context. Very good copy. Codice libro della libreria 5A3G3IGIVOEK