Chiese principali d'Europa : dedicate a Sua Santità Leone XII pon. mas.
Published / Created:
Milano : Presso gli editori contr. de' Bossi no. 1755 e Presso Ferd. Artaria negte. di stampe contro. di Sta. Margherita no. 1110 ; [1824-1831]In Roma : Presso I Fratelli dei Romanis ..., [1824-1831]
Physical Description:
[154] pages in various pagings, [110] leaves of plates : illustrations (engravings), plans ; 61 cm (fol.)
Holdings:
Rare Books and ManuscriptsFolio B 2015 16Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Plates engraved by Ladislaus Rupp; 7 after V. Bellini, 22 after C. Giglio, 9 each after P.J. Goetghebuer and A. Fumagalli. C. Eckerlin engraved 15 plates and Giglio 4.Thieme-Becker, Wurzbach (Biographische Lexicon), Nagler (Künstler Lexicon) provide additional subtitle with date 1825, and call the opus Rupp's "Prachtwerk"; issued in Lieferungen.Title page and dedication are engraved leaves.Originally issued in 11 parts. The back cover the original wrapper to each part bears a date of publication, from 1824 to 1831.Includes 22 aquatints.Plates captioned in Italian and French.Also issued in French.Brunet, J.-C. Manuel du libraire et de l'amateur de livres (5e éd.), I, 1843Includes bibliographical references.BAC: British Art Center copy bound in contemporary three-quarter morocco, with the wrappers of part 1 reused as the front and back cover. Wrappers to the remaining parts bound in. With the bookplate of General Robert Swinburne.
Contents:
Basilica di San Pietro di Roma -- Duomo di Milano -- Il Panteon -- La Basilica di Santo Stefano ... di Vienna -- Santa Maria del Fiore ... di Firenze -- Duomo di Pisa -- S. Giovanni in Laterno -- Metropolitana di Sienna -- Basilica di S. Marco -- Cattedrale d'Anversa -- Cattedrale di Gand -- Basilica di Superga.
Subject Terms:
Church architecture -- Europe. | Church buildings -- Europe -- Designs and plans. | Church architecture. | Church buildings. | Europe. | Swinburne, Robert -- Bookplate.