Storia della Scultura dal Suo Risorgimento in Italia Fino al Secolo di Canova del Conte Leopoldo Cicognara per Servire di Continuazione all'Opere di Winkelmann e di D'Agincourt
Prato: I Fratelli Giachetti, 1823. Hardbound. Brown and blue marbleized boards with brown spine; protective cover; 290 pp. with no illustrations; marbleized page edges. Very tight copy but with ex-lib. sticker on plastic cover and mild foxing to some parts of interior;. Item #116687
Text in Italian; this is volume 2; contents include history and critique of the architecture and sculpture of the church of San Marco, Cathedrals of Siena and Orvieto, Duomo of Florence and the area surrounding it, the church of San Antonio of Padua, the Cathedral of Milan, the church of San Petronio of Bologna, the Basilica of San Pietro of Rome, and the house of Loreto, continuing on the writings of Winkelmann and D'Agincourt (two historic authors/critics of European art and architecture).
Price: $300.00