Le Fabbriche Civili, Ecclesiastiche E Militari Di Michele Sanmicheli Disegnate Ed Incise Da Francesco Ronzani E Girolamo Luciolli Con Testo Illustrativo Riveduto Da Francesco Zanotto

RA Collection: Book

Record number

06/1937

Imprint

Torino: MDCCCLXII, Presso Luciano Basadonna Editore E Proprietario.

Physical Description

88 p., frontis., port., 150 pl.; 494 mm. (Folio.)

Contents

[Half-t., t.p.] - L'Editore A Chi Legge - [Frontis., port.] - Cenni Sulla Vita E Sulle Opere Di Michele Sanmicheli - [Text] - Indice - [Plates].

Responsibility Note

Most numbered plates are signed as drawn and/or engraved by Ronzani and/or Luciolli; plates 53-57 are signed as drawn by Urbani. The portrait of Sanmicheli is signed as drawn and engraved by Ronzani. The frontispiece is unsigned.

The printer is named on the title-page verso: 'Venezia Tipografia Di Giuseppe Grimaldo ...'.

References

RIBA, Early printed, 3 (1999), nos.3840, 3841 [describing the 1831, 1832 editions].

P. Davies, 'Sanmicheli through British eyes', in English architecture public and private, ed. J. Bold (1993), p.121-34; G.L. Marchini, 'Francesco Ronzani e Gaetano Pinali: contributo alla bibliografia sanmicheliana', in Atti e memorie della Acc. di Agricoltora Scienze e Lettere di Verona, ser VI., vol. 22 (1970-1), p.661-728.

Summary Note

This work had first been published in Verona from 1823 onwards; second and third editions were published in Venice in 1831 and 1832. Zanotto's revision had first been published ca. 1850 in Genoa.

The numbered plates fall into three groups - Civil (pl. 1-63), showing palaces, gateways, a fountain and a lazzaretto; Ecclesiastic (pl. 64-105), showing churches, a presbytery, a campanile, a cupola, tombs, and an oratory; Military (pl.106-150), showing gateways, a castello, fortifications, a cisterna and plans of forts. Most of these structures were built in Verona or elsewher in the Veneto or northern Italy; but the last plate is a plan of the Venetians' fortress at Candia (Heracleum) in Crete. The text is preceded by two unnumbered plates - a portrait of Sanmicheli and a frontispiece showing his tomb.

Provenance

The front pastedown carries the bookplate of Hubert and Joan Worthington, and a Royal Academy bookplate inscribed in ink, 'Presented by Lady Worthington'.

Copy Note

The front pastedown carries the bookseller's printed ticket, reading, 'John Tiranti & Co., Publishers & Booksellers, 13, Maple Street, Tottenham Court Road, London, W.'

Binding Note

19th-century quarter calf, marbled-papered boards; spine lettered 'Le Fabbriche Civili, Eccles. E Militari Di Michele Sanmicheli.'

Name as Subject

Subject

Architecture - Public buildings - Churches - Palaces - Fortifications - Italy - Veneto - Verona - History - 16th century - Renaissance
Art history - Views - Plans - Elevations - Sections - Italy - 19th century
Pictorial works - Italy - 19th century

Contributors

Francesco Ronzani, draughtsman, engraver
Girolamo Luciolli, draughtsman, engraver
Francesco Zanotto
Luciano Basadonna, publisher
Lorenzo Urbani, draughtsman
Giuseppe Grimaldo, printer
Sir Hubert Worthington RA, previous owner
Lady Joan Worthington, previous owner, donor
John Tiranti and Company (London), bookseller