La Verona Illustrata Ridotta In Compendio Principalmente Per Uso De' Forestieri Con Varie Aggiunte. Premessa in ristretto la Vita del Marchese Scipione Maffei. Parte Prima. (Seconda.)
RA Collection: Book
Record number
06/2152
Imprint
In Verona -: Nella Stamperia Moroni, CIƆIƆCCLXXI.
Physical Description
2 vols. in one [v.I: li, [5], 176p., [6] fold. pl. - v.II: 173, [7]p., [16] fold. pl.]; 204 mm. (Octavo.)
Contents
Vol. I: [T.p., dedic.] - Ristretta Della Vita Del Marchese Scipione Maffei - Indice Della Prima Parte - [Text] - [Plates]. - Vol. II: [T.p.] - [Text with pl.] - Indice Della Seconda Parte - Al Legatore Ordine per le Tavole della Prima (Seconda) Parte - Correzioni Ed Aggiunte.
Responsibility Note
Some plates are signed as made by Dall'Acqua.
The work is dedicated by 'P.M.' [identified by the RIBA cataloguer as Pietro Montanari, the editor] to Alvise Mocenigo II, Podestà di Verona.
References
RIBA, Early printed, 3 (1999), no. 1998, p.1050.
Scipione Maffei nell'Europa del Settecento, ed. P. Romagnani [convention, Verona, 1996] (1998).
Summary Note
Scipione Maffei's Verona Illustrata had first been published in 1731-2. As well as being the author of the tragedy Merope and founder of the Giornale de' letterati d'Italia, Maffei was an accomplished historian, and founded a Lapidary Museum in Verona.
In the present edition for the use of visitors the first volume contains a biography of Maffei, a history of Verona and a description of the ancient Roman amphitheatre, which is illustrated in six plates. The second volume describes and illustrates some notable sights of the city and its fortifications, and concludes with a brief survey of its literary history.
Some plates are copied from the 1732 edition, but others are new, e.g. those of the Museo and the Dogana.
Binding Note
20th-century half calf, green cloth-covered boards; gilt-decorated spine, lettered 'Verona Illustrata', 'R.A.' and '1771'.