Vite De' Pittori, Scultori, Ed Architetti Perugini Scritte, E Dedicate Alla Maestà Di Carlo Emanuel Re di Sardegna Da Lione Pascoli

Lione Pascoli

RA Collection: Book

Record number

06/3626

Author

Imprint

In Roma,: MDCCXXXII., Per Antonio de' Rossi, nella Strada del Seminario Romano. Con Licenza De' Superiori.

Physical Description

[10], 259, [9] p.; 241 mm. (Quarto.)

Contents

[Half-t., t.p., dedic.] - L'Autore A chi legge - Imprimatur - Proemio - [Text] - Tavola Per Ordine D'Alfabeto De' nomi, e cognomi de' professori, di cui in quest'opera si sono scritte le vite - Tavola Per Ordine D'Alfabeto De' cognomi, soprannomi, e nomi de' professori, di cui in quest'opera si sono scritte le vite - Tavola Delle nascite, nomi, cognomi, professioni, morti, ed età di tutti i Professori, di cui in quest'opera si sono scritte le vite - Errori, E Correzioni.

Responsibility Note

The decorated initials are unsigned.

The work is dedicated by Lione Pascoli to King Carlo Emanuel of Sardinia.

References

Royal Institute of British Architects, British Architectural Library ... Early printed books, 3 (1999), no. 2455, p.1400-1; Johns Hopkins University, The Fowler Architectural Collection (1961, repr. 1991), no.240, p.199; J. Schlosser, Letteratura artistica (2nd. ed., 1956), p.593.

Summary Note

The work was intended to counterbalance the Tuscan bias of Vasari's lives. As the third Tavola indicates, the text describes of artists of Perugia active between 1250 and 1716. The book appeared while Pascoli was in the course of publishing his better-known work, the Vite de' pittori, scultori ed architetti moderni (1730-6).

The book has no plates, but the text carries many wood-cut decorated initials. The half-title and title-page are printed in red and black.

Copy Note

The front pastedown is inscribed in ink with a nine-line note in Italian, referring to Winckelmann. A preliminary leaf carries an early 19th-century booksellers' printed ticket, which reads, 'L. Dumolard Et Fils Libraires Corsia de' Servi, No. 603 vis à vis de l'Hôtel de la Ville à Mi[la]n Tiennent un assortiment des meilleurs livres anciens et modernes. Les mêmes louent des livres pour la lecture au mois et à l'année.'

Binding Note

18th-century white vellum; brown morocco spine-label lettered 'Pascoli Vite De' Pitt. Scul. Ed Archit. Perugini'.

Subject

Artists - Painters - Sculptors - Architects - Italy - Umbria - Perugia - History
Art history - Biography - Reference books - Italy - 18th century

Contributors