The life of Pope Pius II as illustrated by Pinturicchio's frescoes in the Piccolomini Library at Siena by the Rev. G.W. Kitchin, M.A., Christ Church, Oxford. With ten engravings from the frescoes by Professor Grüner.

George William G. W. Kitchin

RA Collection: Book

Record number

12/5458

Author

Imprint

[London]: Printed for the Arundel Society, 1881

Physical Description

vi, 72, [2] p., 10 pl.: 560 mm.

General Note

This work was originally presented in two parts: the text printed as a pamphlet measuring 28 cm. with the ten engravings printed separately preceded by a 'List of Engravings'. The copy in the Royal Academy has the pages of the pamphlet mounted on sheets the same size as the engravings and bound together in one volume.

The work was printed by the Chiswick Press: C. Whittingham and Co. Tooks Court, Chancery Lane.

Binding Note

The work is in green quarter-bound leather with gilt lettering on the spine, 'Pinturicchio's Frescoes in the Piccolomini LIbrary at Siena.' and 'R.A.'

Name as Subject

Subject

Siena. Cathedral. Library - Libreria Piccolomini

Contributors

Bernardino (di Betto) Pinturicchio, source artist
Ludwig Gruner, printmaker
Arundel Society, publisher/bookseller
Chiswick Press (London), printer