Altars, Tabernacles And Sepulchral Monuments Of the 14th and 15th centuries Existing At Rome Published under the patronage of the celebrated Academy of Saint Luke By M. Tosi and Becchio (Romans) Descriptions in italian, english and french by Mrs Spry Bartlet In one volume - Dedicated to the Royal Institute of British Architects By Mr Mastraca, Editor - Tabernacoli, Altari E Monumenti Sepolcrali Del 14o e 15o secolo Esistenti In Roma Publicati sotto gli auspicj della insigne Accademia di S. Luca Dai Sri. Tosi E Becchio (Romani) Illustrati In Italiano, Inglese E Francese Da Mme Spry Bartlet In uno volume Dedicati al reale Instituto dei SS. Architetti della gran Bretagna Dal Sr Mastraca, Editore - Autels, Tabernacles Et Monuments Sépulcraux Des 14e et 15e siècles Existant A Rome Publiés sous les auspices de la célèbre Académie de St Luc Par MM. Tosi Et Becchio (Romains) Texte Italien, Anglais Et Français Par Mme Spry Bartlet En un volume Dédiés à l'Institut Ryal de MM. les Architectes Britanniques Par Mr Mastraca, Éditeur -
RA Collection: Book
Record number
06/4989
Variant Title
Tabernacoli, Altari E Monumenti Sepolcrali Del 14o e 15o secolo Esistenti In Roma
Autels, Tabernacles Et Monuments Sépulcraux Des 14e et 15e siècles Existant A Rome
Imprint
Lagny: Imprimerie Typographique De Giroux Et Vialat -, 1843
Physical Description
[76] p., 50, [2] pl.; 592 mm.
Contents
[Half-t., t.p., dedic.] - Insigne e Pontificia Accademia Romana ... [letter to F.M. Tosi and A. Becchio, 1837] - Frontespiece - [Frontis.] - Monumento Di Petrarca ... - [Plate] - [Plates I-L, and explan. texts] - Table Of Contents.
Responsibility Note
The two unnumbered plates are signed as designed and drawn by F.M. Tosi and engraved by A. Becchio. The numbered plates are signed as measured and drawn by Tosi and engraved by Becchio.
The Italian texts for plates 26-50 are said by the British Library catalogue to be identical with those by Giuseppe Checchetelli published in the Raccolta di monumenti sacri e sepolcrali scolpiti in Roma (1842).
'This first edition published out of Italy' is dedicated by Mastraca, editor, Native of the Island of Corfu, to the President and Members of the Royal Institute of British Architects.
Summary Note
The publication-date of 1843 is given on the title page. The dedication carries the date of 10 September 1842; the letter from the Academy of St Luke to Tosi and Becchio carries the date of 1837. Most plates carry dates - of 1833, 1834, 1835, 1836, 1837, 1838 and 1839. The British Library catalogue states that the fifty numbered plates are identical with the first fifty published in Raccolta di monumenti sacri e sepolcrali scolpiti in Roma (1842).
The text is printed in Italian, English and French in parallel columns.
The plates are outline drawings. The fifty numbered plates show Renaissance monuments in Rome. The two unnumbered plates are explained by Mastraca in his dedication: 'This work is enriched by two monuments of the composition of M. Tosi, the one serving as a frontispiece and consecrated to the memory of the sublime poet Dante, the second to that of the celebrated Petrarch'.
Binding Note
19th-century quarter red morocco, red watered-cloth-covered biards; spine lettered 'Sepulchral Monuments Of The 14th. and 15th. Centuries'.
Altars - Altar tombs - Tabernacles - Sepulchral monuments - Tombs - Sculpture - Bas-reliefs - Churches - Italy - Lazio - Rome - History - 14th century - 15th century - Renaissance
Art history - France - 19th century
Pictorial works - France - 19th century