Palais Massimi A Rome. Plans, Coupes, Élévations, Profils, Voutes, Plafonds, Etc. Des Deux Palais Massimi. Dessinés Et Publiés Par F.T. Suys Et L.P. Haudebourt.
RA Collection: Book
Record number
06/4231
Imprint
Se Trouve A Paris,: Chez Normand fils, rue des Noyers, no 33. Goeury, Libraire de l'Ecole royale des Ponts et chaussées, quai des Augustins, no 41. Besnard, boulevart des Italiens. Didot, Chevalier de l'Ordre royale de Saint-Michel, Imprimeur du Roi, rue du Pont de Lodi, no 6., [1818]
[T.p., t.pl.] - Notice Sur La Vie Et Les Ouvrages De B. Peruzzi - Explication Des Planches - [Plates].
Responsibility Note
All plates are signed by their engravers - Giraud, Thierry, C. Normand or Normand fils.
The title-plate vignette is signed as engraved by Dien et Thierry; the tailpiece of the Notice is unsigned; the headpiece of the Explication is signed as engraved by Baltard.
References
Royal Institute of British Architects, British Architectural Library ... Early printed books, 4 (2001), no. 3215, p.2039-40.
Summary Note
A slightly variant title occurs on the added engraved title-plate: 'Palais Massimi A Rome. Dessiné et Publié Par F.T. Suys et L.P. Haudebourt A Paris, chez Vallardi, Quai Malaquai, No. 15 et à Milan, même maison, Place des Marchands.'
No publication-date is carried by title-page or title-plate (but the title-plate in the RIBA's copy is catalogued as carrying the date of 1818). The work was probably published in six parts, between 1818 and ca. 1821.
This was the first detailed account of the celebrated Palazzo Massimi alle colonne. The palazzo was begun by Baldassare Peruzzi for Pietro Massimo in 1532, and completed after the architect's death. It rises on an awkward, triangular site; and the chief feature of its curved façade (built over the remains of Domitian's Odeum) is a portico of six Tuscan columns. Its walls and ceilings were decorated by Pierino del Vaga and Daniele da Volterra. The book concludes with an account of the neighbouring Palazzo di Pirro, built for Angelo Massimo by Giovanni Mangone by about 1537.
The plates show plans, elevations, sections, views and details of the Palazzo Massimi (pl. 1-34) and Palazzo di Pirro (pl. 35-43).
The added engraved title-plate carries a vignette portrait of Peruzzi; the tailpiece of the Notice shows a street view; the headpiece of the Explication shows antiquities.
Reproductions
A facsimile was published in New York ca. 1920 and reprinted in 1932.
Provenance
Presented by E. Vincent Harris, R.A.; accessioned 27 September 1965 (see RA Library Accessions Register, 1961-70).
Copy Note
The title-page is inscribed in pencil, 'Royal Academy'.
Binding Note
19th-century blue cloth-covered boards, unlettered.
Architecture - Palaces - Italy - Lazio - Rome - Palazzo Massimi - Palazzo di Pirro - History - 16th century - Renaissance
Plans - Elevations - Sections - Views - Art history - France - 19th century
Pictorial works - France - 19th century