Yale Center for British Art

Creator:

Quarenghi, Giacomo, 1744-1817

Title:

Fabbriche e disegni di Giacomo Quarenghi, architetto di S.M. l'Imperatore di Russia : cavaliere di Malta e di S. Walodimiro / illustrate dal cav. Giulio, suo figlio.

Alternate Title(s):

Édifices construits à St.-Pétersbourg. Italian

Published / Created:

Milano : Presso Paolo Antonio Tosi, MDCCCXXI [1821]

Physical Description:

46 pages, [1], LIX leaves of plates : illustrations, plans, portrait ; 47 cm

Holdings:

Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio A 2017 22
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:

Classification:

Books

Notes:

Translation of: Édifices construits à St.-Pétersbourg.

Plates engraved by Ivan Ivanovich Kolpakov, after Quarenghi.

With a frontispiece portrait of the author engraved by John (?) Sanders, after Antonio Vighi.

"Co' tipi di Giovanni Pirotta."--Title page verso.

British Architectural Library. Early printed books, 1478-1840, 2677

BAC: British Art Center copy bound in contemporary boards, with printed spine label.

Subject Terms:

Quarenghi, Giacomo, 1744–1817. | Architecture, Modern -- 17th century -- Russia (Federation) -- Saint Petersburg. | Quarenghi, Giacomo, 1744–1817. | Architecture, Modern. | Russia (Federation) -- Saint Petersburg. | Architecture, Modern -- 18th century -- Russia (Federation) -- Saint Petersburg.

Form/Genre:

Engravings -- 1821. | Etchings -- 1821.

Contributors:

Quarenghi, Giulio, editor. | Tosi, Paolo Antonio, publisher. | Pirotta, Giovanni, 1768–1834, printer. | Kolpakov, Ivan Ivanovich, 1771–1840, engraver. | Vighi, Antonio, 1764–1844, illustrator.