BIBIENA, Giuseppe Galli da (1696-1757). Architetture, e Prospettive, dedicate alla Maestá de Carlo Sesto . Augsburg: Andrea Pfeffel, 1740.
BIBIENA, Giuseppe Galli da (1696-1757). Architetture, e Prospettive, dedicate alla Maestá de Carlo Sesto . Augsburg: Andrea Pfeffel, 1740. 5 parts in one volume, large 2 o (550 x 390 mm). Engraved title with vignette within ornamental border, engraved dedication and frontispiece, 47 (of 50, lacking plate numbers 10 from part 2, 7 from part 4, and 5 from part 9) engraved plates by A. & J. Schmuzer, J.A. Pfeffel, L. Zucchi and S. Kleiner after Bibiena. (4 plates with holes of varying sizes affecting image, 3 plates with tears repaired on verso, spotting and browning throughout.) Later half morocco (rubbed, corners bumped). Provenance: Arthur Loomis, Louisville architect who designed the original building for the J. B. Speed Memorial Museum (bookplate of the J. B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky, recording the gift of Mr. Loomis' Estate, 1935); J. B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky (white manuscript shelf marks on spines, penciled shelf numbers on verso of title). FIRST EDITION. The plates "show brilliant baroque compositions" (Fowler) of catafalques, theatrical sets, a Passion series in architectural settings and decorations for the Riding School at Vienna for the marriage of Archduchess Mariana to Prince Charles of Lorraine. Copies are known (New York, Berlin) which have an additional plate 1 part VI. Berlin 4152; Cicognara 431; Fowler 136.
BIBIENA, Giuseppe Galli da (1696-1757). Architetture, e Prospettive, dedicate alla Maestá de Carlo Sesto . Augsburg: Andrea Pfeffel, 1740.
BIBIENA, Giuseppe Galli da (1696-1757). Architetture, e Prospettive, dedicate alla Maestá de Carlo Sesto . Augsburg: Andrea Pfeffel, 1740. 5 parts in one volume, large 2 o (550 x 390 mm). Engraved title with vignette within ornamental border, engraved dedication and frontispiece, 47 (of 50, lacking plate numbers 10 from part 2, 7 from part 4, and 5 from part 9) engraved plates by A. & J. Schmuzer, J.A. Pfeffel, L. Zucchi and S. Kleiner after Bibiena. (4 plates with holes of varying sizes affecting image, 3 plates with tears repaired on verso, spotting and browning throughout.) Later half morocco (rubbed, corners bumped). Provenance: Arthur Loomis, Louisville architect who designed the original building for the J. B. Speed Memorial Museum (bookplate of the J. B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky, recording the gift of Mr. Loomis' Estate, 1935); J. B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky (white manuscript shelf marks on spines, penciled shelf numbers on verso of title). FIRST EDITION. The plates "show brilliant baroque compositions" (Fowler) of catafalques, theatrical sets, a Passion series in architectural settings and decorations for the Riding School at Vienna for the marriage of Archduchess Mariana to Prince Charles of Lorraine. Copies are known (New York, Berlin) which have an additional plate 1 part VI. Berlin 4152; Cicognara 431; Fowler 136.
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