Raccolta Di Targhe Fatte Da Professori Primarj In Roma, Disegnate, ed intagliate Dal Cav. D. Filippo Juvarra Architetto, e Accademico di S. Luca. All'Eccellentiss. Principe Don Giuseppe Lotario Conti Duca di Poli, Guadagnolo &c. Principe del Soglio Pontificio, Maestro Perpetuo del Sacr. Ospizio, o sia Palazzo Apostolico di Santa Chiesa, e Fratello degnissimo di N. S. Innocenzo XIII.
In Roma: M.D.CC.XXII., Appresso Gio: Maria Salvioni Stampatore Vaticano. Con Licenza De' Superiori.
Physical Description
[ ] p., [3], 50 pl.; 289 mm. (Folio).
General Note
Some catalogues record an issue with a differently-set text and seven unnumbered plates.
Contents
[T.-p., dedic.] - Tavola In cui si contengono I Nomi Degli Autori Delle Presenti Targhe, I luoghe ne' quali si trovano: e la Materia di cui sono composte - [Plates].
Responsibility Note
Numbered plates 1-50 are unsigned. Of the three unnumbered plates, the first is unsigned, the second is signed as designed and drawn by Fran. Iuvarra and engraved by Filippo Vasconi, the third as designed and drawn by Gio. Batta. Puccetti and engraved by Filippo Vasconi.
The book is dedicated by the publisher, Gio. Maria Salvioni, to Giuseppe Lotario Conti, Duca di Poli.
Summary Note
These engravings were first published in 1711 and reissued in 1715. Another edition was published in 1727.
The plates show twenty heraldic escutcheons by Bernini, six by Borromini, three each by Michelangelo and Algardi, two each by C. Fontana, F. Fontana and Rainaldi, and one each by Bramante, D. Fontana, Cortona, M. Rossi, 'N.N.', B. Soria, C. Maratti, M. Lunghi, F. Della Grega, A. Rossi and R. Cacapecchia. The last is 'Dell'Autore di questa Raccolta'. Most escutcheons are described as made of marble or stone, but some as of gilded metal or stucco. All are from buildings in Rome, except one from Castelgandolfo and the last, which is from Messina, the author's home. The first unnumbered plate is a schematic presentation of the 'Proporzioni Pratiche Per ben disegnare le Targhe ...'.
Provenance
Recorded in RAA Library, Catalogue, 1802.
Copy Note
Imperfect; lacks some pages of text (the Tavola breaks off at the start of the entry describing plate 27).