Niccolo pagni (3 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. First Edition. [A Monumental Work of 18th century Italian engraving] 2 volumes. Large folios, 51 x 35 cm (19 3/4 x 13 in). 1st edition. Bound in contemporary 1/2 vellum over marbled boards. Some cover wear. Rear joint of v.1 cracked. Hinges of v. 2 cracked. Text in Italian and French, printed in parallel columns. Collation: v.1 Engraved title, frontispiece, 64 leaves, 60 plates. v.2 Engraved title, 62 leaves, 60 plates. Many of the plates are printed in colored ink: siena, shades of brown, or green and blue. 120 artists' portraits. A gorgeous and large format work on Tuscan painting, beginning with Guido da Siena, and considering all the great painters of Florence, such as Buffalmaco, Cimabue, Giotto, Paolo Uccello, Andrea Verrocchio, Masaccio, Fra fifilppo Lippi, Andrea del Castagno, Pollaiolo, Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Andrea del Sarto, Antonio Tempesta, Giuseppe Grisoni, etc. Carlo Lasinio (1759-1838) was responsible for many of the engravings. Other engravers included: Giovanni Francisco Ravenet, Marco Lastri, Giuseppe Bardi, Niccolo Pagni, Matteo Carboni, Ferdinando Gregori, Gaetano Vascellini, and Cosomo Colombini. Refs: "Pregevole opera," Cicognara, 3387. Cohen-Ricci 366. Thieme-Becker XXII, 404. Brunet II, 1095. Graesse, II, 509. Moreni, I, 509: "Ciascuno di questi volumi racchiude 60 articoli di notizie di altrettanti pittori toscani scritti in italiano da M.L., promotore di questa eccellente impresa, e tradotti in francese da Bartolomeo Renard. Ognuno di essi ha una stampa incisa in rame scelta dalle Opere le piu stimate di quel pittore." Armorial bookplates of Paul Beilby Thompson (1784-1852). Thompson was a Whig MP for Wenlock and East Riding; later made a Baron. This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.…

LeatherBound. Condizione: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1791 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. Pages: 259 As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 259 Volume 2 Language: Italian,French.…

LeatherBound. Condizione: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1791 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. Pages: 267 As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 267 Volume 1 Language: Italian,French.…