Avanzi Delle Antichita Esistenti A Pozzuoli Cuma E Baja. Antiquitatum Puteolis Cumis Baiis Existentium Reliquiae.
RA Collection: Book
Record number
03/2481
Variant Title
Puteolanae antiquitates
Antichità Di Pozzuoli
Antiquitatum Puteolis, Cumis, Baiis existentium reliquiae
Antichità Di Pozzuoli
Antiquitatum Puteolis, Cumis, Baiis existentium reliquiae
Imprint
[Napoli:: s.n.,], (Anno A.C.N. MDCCLXVIII.)
Physical Description
36, [2] f., 68 [i.e. 69] pl. (4 dble.); , 486 mm. (Broadsheet).
General Note
There is a bis plate XLII - as called for in the 'Indice'/'Syllabus' (list of contents). The plates numbered I-III are the engraved texts of the half-title, title-plate and dedication. The double plates are nos. IV, V, XXI, XLII. Besides the numbered plates, the other leaves are also plates of engraved text.
Contents
[Half-t., t.-pl., dedic.] - Spiegazioni Alle Tavole / Explicationes Ad Tabulas [text and plates] - Indice / Syllabus [list of contents]; [colophon].
Responsibility Note
The author of the text is not named, except as the signatory to the dedication - that is, 'Paulus Antonius Paoli'.
Three plates are unsigned; most are signed by both draughtsman and engraver. The draughtsmen are F. La Marra, Philip. Falciatore, Fidelis Fischetti Cioffredo, Gio. Batt. Natali, Cajetanus Magri, Cla. F. Nicole, Gabriel Ricciardelli and Ant. de Dominicis. The engravers are F. La Marra, Ioan. Volpato, Ant. Cardon, N. Fiorillo, C. F. Nicole, Nicol. Mogalli and Louis Boily. The plans are signed as drawn by T. Raiola and engraved by Fiorillo.
The work is dedicated by Paulus Antonius Paoli to Ferdinand IV, King of the Sicilies (also known as Ferdinand I).
Three plates are unsigned; most are signed by both draughtsman and engraver. The draughtsmen are F. La Marra, Philip. Falciatore, Fidelis Fischetti Cioffredo, Gio. Batt. Natali, Cajetanus Magri, Cla. F. Nicole, Gabriel Ricciardelli and Ant. de Dominicis. The engravers are F. La Marra, Ioan. Volpato, Ant. Cardon, N. Fiorillo, C. F. Nicole, Nicol. Mogalli and Louis Boily. The plans are signed as drawn by T. Raiola and engraved by Fiorillo.
The work is dedicated by Paulus Antonius Paoli to Ferdinand IV, King of the Sicilies (also known as Ferdinand I).
References
Royal Institute of British Architects, British Architectural Library ... Early printed books, 3 (1999), no. 2423, p.1382-3.
G. Marini, ed., Giovanni Volpato 1735-1803 [exhibition catalogue] (1988), nos.113-28; Itinerari archeologici a Napoli e dintorni: incisioni [exhibition catalogue] (Ercolano, Buona Stampa, 1983); R. Artigliere, Contributo della bibliografia ed iconografia di Pozzuoli e dei Campi Flegrei 1500 al 1963 (1964).
G. Marini, ed., Giovanni Volpato 1735-1803 [exhibition catalogue] (1988), nos.113-28; Itinerari archeologici a Napoli e dintorni: incisioni [exhibition catalogue] (Ercolano, Buona Stampa, 1983); R. Artigliere, Contributo della bibliografia ed iconografia di Pozzuoli e dei Campi Flegrei 1500 al 1963 (1964).
Summary Note
Title variants appear on the half-title plate - 'Antichità Di Pozzuoli' and ' Puteolanae Antiquitates'. The publication-date of 1768 is given in the colophon. The book was printed in Naples.
The text, which is in Italian and Latin in parallel columns, is engraved throughout, the Italian in Italic and the Latin in Roman characters.
The plates show views and plans of the following sites (some named only tentatively): Costa di Pozzuolo; Territorio di Pozzuolo; Grotta di Napoli; Sepolcro di Virgilio; Punta di Posilippo; Molo; Atrio d'un tempio a Pozzuolo; antichi Acquidotti; una piscina vicino all' Anfiteatro; Labirinto; antichissimo Anfiteatro; Tempio di Diana; Tempio di Nettuno; Sepolcri a Pozzuolo; sepolcri a Campano; Sotterraneo a Campano; Villa di Cicerone detta Accademia; Tempio delle Ninfe; Pondera; Lago di Averno; Tempio d'Apollo; Arco felice; Tempio del Gigante; Circo a Cuma; Bagno a Tritoli; Tempio a Baja ded. a Diana; Tempio ded. a Venere; Fabbrica rotonda a Baja ... Terme; Tempio di Mercurio; Edifizio a forma di Teatro o sepolcro d'Agrippa; Centocamerale; una conserva d'acqua; Teatro a Miseno; Villa di Lucullo; Grotta Traconara. The last two plates are a 'Saggio del'Architettura di Pozzuolo' and 'Scelta d'Iscrizioni'. The last plate incorporates a portrait of G.B. Natali, who died in 1765.
The text, which is in Italian and Latin in parallel columns, is engraved throughout, the Italian in Italic and the Latin in Roman characters.
The plates show views and plans of the following sites (some named only tentatively): Costa di Pozzuolo; Territorio di Pozzuolo; Grotta di Napoli; Sepolcro di Virgilio; Punta di Posilippo; Molo; Atrio d'un tempio a Pozzuolo; antichi Acquidotti; una piscina vicino all' Anfiteatro; Labirinto; antichissimo Anfiteatro; Tempio di Diana; Tempio di Nettuno; Sepolcri a Pozzuolo; sepolcri a Campano; Sotterraneo a Campano; Villa di Cicerone detta Accademia; Tempio delle Ninfe; Pondera; Lago di Averno; Tempio d'Apollo; Arco felice; Tempio del Gigante; Circo a Cuma; Bagno a Tritoli; Tempio a Baja ded. a Diana; Tempio ded. a Venere; Fabbrica rotonda a Baja ... Terme; Tempio di Mercurio; Edifizio a forma di Teatro o sepolcro d'Agrippa; Centocamerale; una conserva d'acqua; Teatro a Miseno; Villa di Lucullo; Grotta Traconara. The last two plates are a 'Saggio del'Architettura di Pozzuolo' and 'Scelta d'Iscrizioni'. The last plate incorporates a portrait of G.B. Natali, who died in 1765.
Provenance
Purchased by 1780. Recorded in Catalogue Of The Library In The Royal Academy, London (1802).
Binding Note
18th-century mottled calf, with gilt-stamped royal arms of Britain and 'R.A.' on upper cover; rebacked in 20th century, retaining earlier red morocco spine-label lettered 'Antichita Di Pozzuol'.
Subject
Antiquities, Roman - Architecture, Roman - Italy - Campania - Pozzuoli - Puteoli (Extinct city) - Cuma - Cumae (Extinct city) - Baia - Baiae (Extinct city) - Naples - History
Pozzuoli - Naples - Campania - Italy - Description and travel - 18th century
Plans - Views - Vedute - Italy - 18th century
Pictorial works - Italy - 18th century
Armorial bindings - Great Britain - 18th century
Pozzuoli - Naples - Campania - Italy - Description and travel - 18th century
Plans - Views - Vedute - Italy - 18th century
Pictorial works - Italy - 18th century
Armorial bindings - Great Britain - 18th century
Contributors
Paolo Antonio Paoli
Ferdinand IV King of Naples, dedicatee
Giovanni Battista Natali, draughtsman
Francesco la Marra, draughtsman, engraver
Filippo Falciatore, draughtsman
Fedele Fischetti, draughtsman
Cajetanus Magri, draughtsman
Claude François Nicole, draughtsman, engraver
Thom. Rajola, draughtsman
Gabriele Ricciardelli, draughtsman
Antonio de Dominicis, draughtsman
Giovanni Volpato, engraver
Antoine Cardon, engraver
Nicola Fiorillo, engraver
Niccolo Mogalli, engraver
Louis Boily, engraver
Ferdinand IV King of Naples, dedicatee
Giovanni Battista Natali, draughtsman
Francesco la Marra, draughtsman, engraver
Filippo Falciatore, draughtsman
Fedele Fischetti, draughtsman
Cajetanus Magri, draughtsman
Claude François Nicole, draughtsman, engraver
Thom. Rajola, draughtsman
Gabriele Ricciardelli, draughtsman
Antonio de Dominicis, draughtsman
Giovanni Volpato, engraver
Antoine Cardon, engraver
Nicola Fiorillo, engraver
Niccolo Mogalli, engraver
Louis Boily, engraver
