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Ornamenti Diversi. Inventati Disegnati ed esequiti by ALBERTOLLI, Giocondo (1743-1839)
by ALBERTOLLI, Giocondo (1743-1839)
Ornamenti Diversi. Inventati Disegnati ed esequiti
by ALBERTOLLI, Giocondo (1743-1839)
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[Milan, 1782]. From the Collection of Arthur & Charlotte Vershbow. Large folio (585 x 430 mm). 24 engraved ornamental illustrations by Giacomo Mercoli after Giocondo Albertolli (the last 4 on 2 plates), all with fine contemporary coloring, contemporary blue tissue guards. Contemporary Italian gilt-paneled sprinkled calf, artist's name gilt-lettered on covers. Some light staining to covers, a generally fine and fresh set. The Swiss-born architect, painter, and sculptor Giocondo Albertolli played a key role in the transition from rococo to neoclassical style in northern Italy. He prepared this work, and two others, while professor of architectural ornament at the Brera Academy in Milan. He worked on numerous North-Italian masterpieces, most notably the famed lakeside Villa Melzi d'Eril in Bellagio. The engravings here show designs of friezes, ceilings and candelabra. Rare in colored state. See Thieme/B. 1, 221. Berlin Kat. 595; Brunet, I:136; Cicognara 390.
- Bookseller Riverrun Books & Manuscripts (US)
- Book Condition Used - From the Collection of Arthur & Charlotte Vershbow
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- Place of Publication [Milan, 1782]
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