Collezione Dei Progetti D'Architettura Premiati Nei Grandi Concorsi Triennali dall'I. e R. Accademia delle Belle Arti in Firenze Pubblicati per cura degli Architetti Leopoldo Pasqui, Cammillo Lapi, Pietro Passeri, ed incisi dall'Arch. Angelo Cappiardi.
RA Collection: Book
Record number
06/4218
Imprint
Firenze: 1828, Presso gli Editori. Inciso nello Studio Giarrè.
Physical Description
[12] p., t.pl., 59 pl.; 640 mm.
General Note
A few of the plate numberings have been amended by hand in ink.
Responsibility Note
All numbered plates are signed with the name of the designer, the draughtsman (L. Pasqui, P. Passeri or C. Lapi) and the engraver (A. Cappiardi). The name of the designer of plates 17-22, given in the text as Vincenzio Santi, is engraved on the plates as L. Santi, V. Santi or L. De Santi. The title-plate is signed as engraved by 'Studio Giarrè'.
References
C. Cresti and L. Zangheri, Architetti e ingegneri nella Toscana dell'ottocento (1978); C.L.V. Meeks, Italian architecture 1750-1914 (1966).
Summary Note
The text consists of annotations on ten prize-winning architectural projects shown in the plates:
1. A theatre, by Ferdinando Bonsignore, 1794 (pl. 1-8);
2. Public baths, by Pasquale Poccianti, 1797 (pl. 9-12);
3. A military hospital, by Vincenzio Leoni, 1800 (pl. 13-16);
4. A memorial building, by Vincenzio Santi, 1803 (pl. 17-22);
5. A maritime piazza, by Francesco Paccagnini, 1806 (pl. 23-31);
6. A military college, by Luigi Bettarini, 1809 (pl. 32-35);
7. A praetorian prison, by Gaetano Baccani, 1812 (pl. 36-42);
8. A metropolitan church, by Giuseppe Martelli, 1816 (pl. 43-48);
9. A royal palace, by Giovanni Silvestri, 1819 (pl. 49-53);
10. A public library, by Francesco Leoni, 1825 (pl. 54-59).
All ten projects are neoclassical in style.
Provenance
4 November 1830: 'Resolved that the following work(s) be purchased for the Library, viz: 'Collezione di projetti d'architettura 1.0.0 ...' (RA Council Minutes, VII, 399).
Binding Note
20th-century half blue morocco, blue cloth-covered boards; gilt-decorated spine, spine lettered 'Collezione Dei Progetti D'Architettu In Firenze', 'R.A.' and '1828'.