Leopoldo Cicognara; Giuseppe Falier

Biografia Di Antonio Canova; Memorie Per Servire Alla Vita Del Marchese Antonio Canova

Venezia [Venice], Giambattista Missiaglia; Tipografia di Alvisopoli, 1823 . First edition. Leather. Two very scarce first edition biographies of neoclassical sculptor Antonio Canova, both published the year after his death. In the original Italian.Studies of Antonio Canova, the Italian Neoclassical sculptor famed for creations such as 'Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss' and 'The Three Graces&apos.Both of these very scarce first editions were published in 1823.The first of these works is Leopoldi Cigognara's very scarce 'Biografia Di Antonio Canova', which includes a catalogue of his works, and an account of his illness and death.The second work is the vanishingly scarce 'Memorie per Servire alla vit del Marchese Antonio Canova', with the preface crediting the work to Giuseppe Falier. Including bibliographical references.In an attractive quarter calf binding. In calf backed paper covered boards. Externally, lovely, with minor loss to label perimeter. Lacking rear free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright, with spotting to perimeters of leaves of the first work. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Keywords: Antonio Canova Italian Neoclassical sculptor Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss The Three Graces Italian Neoclassical sculptor None

CICOGNARA Leopoldo.

DEI QUATTRO CAVALLI riposti sul pronao della Basilica di S. Marco. Narrazione storica.

Venezia, Alvisopoli, 1815 in folio, pp. 36, leg. cart. muto coevo. Interess. notizie sui quattro famosi cavalli di San Marco in cui si esaminano gli aspetti storici e artistici. In particolare nel testo e nelle note a corredo venegono studiati gli aspetti della fusione, dimostrando che i bronzi vennero fusi in un'unica soluzione. Ediz. orig. Ottimo stato di conservaz. [245]

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CICOGNARA Leopoldo

MEMORIE SPETTANTI alla Storia della Calcografia.

Prato, Giachetti, 1831 in-8, pp. 262, leg. tela mod. con tit. oro al d. e al piatto ant. I nielli. Delle carte da giuoco. Della litografia. Oreficeria di B. Cellini, etc... Bell’esempl. ma mancante dell’atlante in folio.

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CICOGNARA Leopoldo.

MEMORIE SPETTANTI alla Storia della Calcografia.

Prato, Giachetti, 1831 in-8, pp. 262, leg. tela mod. con tit. oro al d. e al piatto ant. I nielli. Delle carte da giuoco. Della litografia. Oreficeria di B. Cellini, etc... Bell'esempl. ma mancante dell'atlante in folio.

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SEROUX D'AGINCOURT Jean Baptiste Louis George - Leopoldo CICOGNARA :

Storia dell'arte col mezzo dei monumenti dalla sua decadenza nel IV secolo fino al suo risorgimento nel XVI....con aggiunte Italiane. Vol. I (- Vol VI) . (Bound in 5 vols.)

.: Milano, per Ranieri Fanfani, 1824 - 1825 , 6 text volumes in-folio and 325 engraved plates bound in 5 volumes (3 text-volumes and 2 plate volumes). (Vol. I Quadro Storico, Architettura) xlviii + 187 pp + (1)(bl) + (2)nn pp + 244 pp +(1)nn pp +(3)(bl) , (Vol II Contenente le Tavola di Architettura) 163 pp + (1)(bl) + XXI (Tavola). (Vol. III Scultura - Testo ) 195 pp + (1)(bl) + (1)(tavola) + (3)(bl) + XIV (Tavola) , (Vol.IV Contenente le Tavola di Scultura) 87 pp + (3)(bl) . (Vol. V Pittura ) 357 pp + (1)(bl) + (1)(tavola) + (1)(bl) , (Vol.VI Contenente le Tavola di Pittura ) 268 pp + XXIV pp. (Plate volume I) 204 full page engraved plates (numbered I-CCIV). (Plate volume II) 121 plates (numbered I-LXXIII , architettura ; I-XLVIII , scultura). Uniformly bound, together with Cigonara's ''Storia della scultura...editione secunda'' in 6 modern half-leather volumes, with smooth spine with gilt ornaments and title-label, marbled boards and end-papers. A nice handsomely bound set ,notwithstanding some marginal worming and waterstains in volume 4 and some small ex-library stamps on some pages. The plates and the 5 other text volumes are nearly stainless. Complete first edition, in-folio, of the Italian translation of this art history of the modern western world describing the architecture, painting and sculpture of Western Europe from the 4th until the 16th century. It was published nearly simultaneously with the French edition. It was the author's plan to imitate Winckelmann's study on ancient, classical art with this study on Christian Art but he lacked Winkelmann's critical acumen and he died before finishing it. In 1822 Cicognara published his famous bibliography on art books (Catalogo dei libri d'arte). Seroux-d'Agincourt's work receives here the honour to be mentioned as the first art book (item nr.1) but with the critical note that his illustrations are too small. Cicognara himself tried to remedy this by publishing a continuation to the work of Winckelmann and Seroux d'Agincourt. Here the second edition of the plate album, in-folio, with 185 plates (published in Prato, Giachetti, 1823) is added, uniformly bound with the Seroux volumes. .

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