In Roma: MDCCLXIX., Nella Stamperia Di Marco Pagliarini Con Licenza De' Superiori
Physical Description
[iii-]xx, 344 p., [44] pl.: illus.; 251 mm. (Quarto).
General Note
The plates are unnumbered, but each carries the number of the page next to which it is to be bound.
Contents
[T.p., dedic.] - Al Lettore - Sonetto Di Doriclo Dioneo - Sonetto Del Chiarissimo Sig. Flaminio Scarselli - [Text, with pl.] - Indice De' Pittori - Correzioni - Indice Di Alcune Cose Notabili - Imprimatur; Approvazioni.
Responsibility Note
The plates are not signed by draughtsman or engraver. The title-page vignette is signed 'A.C.S.'
The work is dedicated to Carlo Emanuele III, King of Sardinia, by Luigi Canonico Crespi.
Summary Note
The plates are all portraits of artists.
Provenance
Purchased by 1780. Recorded in RAA Library Catalogue, 1802.
Binding Note
18th-century mottled calf, upper cover decorated in gilt with royal arms of Britain and 'R.A.'; red morocco spine-label lettered 'Pittori Bolognes Di Crespi'.
Subject
Painters, Italian - Italy - Emilia Romagna - Bologna - History - Portraits
Biography - Art history - Reference books - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - Italy - 18th century
Pictorial works - Italy - 18th century
Armorial bindings - Great Britain - 18th century