NELLI, Giovanni Battista. Piante ed alzati interiori ed esterni dell'insigne chiesa di S. Maria del Fiore. In Firenze, nella stamperia Mouckiana, 1755.
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Description
Large Folio; Contemporary half vellum and marbled paper, gilded title and ornaments on the spine; Frontispiece, Titlepage in red and black ink, Portrait of the Author, pp. XXXXIV, illustrated initials, wide headpiece with the view of the Church and the Baptistery engraved by Sgrilli, 19 copper plates of which 17 folded, numbered I-XVII, adding the plates XIII B, XIII C.
A total of 21 copper plates.
Bound with:
ROSSI, Giuseppe Ignazio. La libreria Mediceo-Laurenziana architettura di Michelagnolo Buonarroti. In Firenze, appresso l'editore, 1755•Portrait of Michelangelo, Titlepage in red and black ink with Vignette, Portrait of the Author, pp. 4, prefaction, XXXIII, 22 numbered plates, of which 3 folded.
A total of 24 copper plates.
Two important and rare illustrated art sources.
The first opera concerns the Florence Cathedral, whose immense dome is one of the moments of greatest importance in the development of modern engineering: the tables are designed by Giovanni Battista Nelli and are engraved copper by Bernard Samson Sgrilli. The plants and sections of Nelli, which do not reflect the real shape of the cathedral, but they constitute a regularized version, and show precisely technical details accompanied by annotations of his son Giovanni Battista Clemente, are still used by researchers studying the history and developments of a construction site lasted centuries.
The second work shows the Laurentian Library, important architectural complex of Florence, designed by Michelangelo between 1519 and 1534. The tables show in detail the general structure and the technical details, such as decorations and interior design, come in good condition up to us. The portrait of Michelangelo and the tables are designed by the author and are etched from Sgrilli.
Giuseppe Ignazio Rossi, 1695-1731, fu il capostipite dell'importante famiglia di architetti fiorentini e a lui si deve l'adozione della grafia del cognome Del Rosso al posto di Rossi: le tavole sono firmate, infatti, Del Rosso.
Moreni, II, pp 282-83.
Slight yellowing and sign of wear, fine specimen. Il lotto viene venduto provvisto di licenza d'esportazione.THE LOT IS OFFERED WITH A VALID EXPORT LICENCE
A total of 21 copper plates.
Bound with:
ROSSI, Giuseppe Ignazio. La libreria Mediceo-Laurenziana architettura di Michelagnolo Buonarroti. In Firenze, appresso l'editore, 1755•Portrait of Michelangelo, Titlepage in red and black ink with Vignette, Portrait of the Author, pp. 4, prefaction, XXXIII, 22 numbered plates, of which 3 folded.
A total of 24 copper plates.
Two important and rare illustrated art sources.
The first opera concerns the Florence Cathedral, whose immense dome is one of the moments of greatest importance in the development of modern engineering: the tables are designed by Giovanni Battista Nelli and are engraved copper by Bernard Samson Sgrilli. The plants and sections of Nelli, which do not reflect the real shape of the cathedral, but they constitute a regularized version, and show precisely technical details accompanied by annotations of his son Giovanni Battista Clemente, are still used by researchers studying the history and developments of a construction site lasted centuries.
The second work shows the Laurentian Library, important architectural complex of Florence, designed by Michelangelo between 1519 and 1534. The tables show in detail the general structure and the technical details, such as decorations and interior design, come in good condition up to us. The portrait of Michelangelo and the tables are designed by the author and are etched from Sgrilli.
Giuseppe Ignazio Rossi, 1695-1731, fu il capostipite dell'importante famiglia di architetti fiorentini e a lui si deve l'adozione della grafia del cognome Del Rosso al posto di Rossi: le tavole sono firmate, infatti, Del Rosso.
Moreni, II, pp 282-83.
Slight yellowing and sign of wear, fine specimen. Il lotto viene venduto provvisto di licenza d'esportazione.THE LOT IS OFFERED WITH A VALID EXPORT LICENCE
