Le Nozze Aldobrandine: i paesaggi con scene dell'Odissea e le altre pitture murali antiche conservate nella Biblioteca Vaticana e nei musei pontifici
Milano: U. Hoepli, 1907. Hardbound. Greenish paper over boards with brown leather spine and gold spine lettering; 53 numbered plates and additional bw figures. Very tight and without notations but with some foxing; lib. plate inside front cover. Item #121096
Text in Italian. Of the 53 numbered plates, 18 are double leaves, hinged in at the center fold. Of these 18, 8 are 3-color halftones. One single-leaf plate is in color. The bw plates are photoaquatints. Plate A (between p. 16 and 17) is a photo-lithograph of a schematic drawing of Le Nozze, conveying present condition. All paltes are by Danesi, Rome. From the scenes of Odysseus and other antique murals conserved in the Vatican Library.
Price: $600.00