VANVITELLI, Luigi. Dichiarazione dei disegni del Reale Palazzo di Caserta.Napoli, nella Regia Stamperia, 1756.
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Atlas folio; contemporary red morocco binding, on the sides gold frame, back with 9 ribs, coat of arms of dedicatees impressed in gold, gold edges; pp. 6, including half title and Title-page, XIX, 1, 14 plates engraved at double page, num. I-XIV; Title-page, initils and finals, 2 armorial head title with the portrait of Carlo e Amalia di Napoli dedicatee of this work,
14 plates on double page, all engraved in copper.
FIRST EDITION.
Work beautifully illustrated. Splendid architecture book printed in Italy in the eighteenth century, which illustrates the Reggia di Caserta, Vanvitelli's masterpiece, begun in 1752 and completed in 1774 by Ferdinand IV, son of the dedicatee of the volume. The same Vanvitelli made drawings of the plates, engraved copper Nolli, Pozzi, D'Orazio and Morghen. Are depicted plants in the garden and palace, elevations and sections of the palace; the spectacular bird's eye views of the garden and the main entrance are able to convey the grand conception of the famous Baroque architect.
Cicognara: "Fourteen tables of magnitude immense form the most beauty of this ... There is no palace invented with equal magnitude, truly Royal, in any other country in Europe." Fowler 348; Berlin Kat. 2706; Cicognara 4105.
Fine copy. Il lotto viene venduto provvisto di licenza d'esportazione.THE LOT IS OFFERED WITH A VALID EXPORT LICENCE
14 plates on double page, all engraved in copper.
FIRST EDITION.
Work beautifully illustrated. Splendid architecture book printed in Italy in the eighteenth century, which illustrates the Reggia di Caserta, Vanvitelli's masterpiece, begun in 1752 and completed in 1774 by Ferdinand IV, son of the dedicatee of the volume. The same Vanvitelli made drawings of the plates, engraved copper Nolli, Pozzi, D'Orazio and Morghen. Are depicted plants in the garden and palace, elevations and sections of the palace; the spectacular bird's eye views of the garden and the main entrance are able to convey the grand conception of the famous Baroque architect.
Cicognara: "Fourteen tables of magnitude immense form the most beauty of this ... There is no palace invented with equal magnitude, truly Royal, in any other country in Europe." Fowler 348; Berlin Kat. 2706; Cicognara 4105.
Fine copy. Il lotto viene venduto provvisto di licenza d'esportazione.THE LOT IS OFFERED WITH A VALID EXPORT LICENCE
