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[Raphael, Michelangelo] - Deux candélabres composés par Raphael Sanzio d'Urbin, et Michel-Ange Buonaroti; d'après le concours ouvert entr'eux, par les Papes Jules II et Léon X, environ l'an 1518. Dédiés au citoyen Chaptal, Ministre de l'Intérieur, membre de l'Institut national de France.

Paris, Joubert, 1803. Large Folio (59.5 x 41.5 cm). 4 pp. Four large, engraved plates. Later mottled half roan over paper boards resembling tree calf. Black morocco label with gilt title. Original printed wrappers bound in. = This work shows two - probably life-size - designs for candlesticks, designed by Renaissance artists Raphael and Michelangelo, on the occasion of a contest organized by Popes Julius II and Leo X. Each leaf shows either the top, or the foot of a candle. The wrapper text, extensively describing the candlesticks is printed in French and in English, in two columns, Armorial bookplate on the front pastedown. Some, mostly marginal, spotting. Otherwise a very good copy. Rare. Not in Brunet.
EUR 1400.00 [Appr.: US$ 1636.11 | £UK 1214.75 | JP¥ 241735] Book number 70351

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