Author: BAGLIONE, Giovanni.
Title: Le vite de'pittori, scultori, architetti, ed intagliatori, Dal Pontificato di Gregorio XIII. del 1572. fino a'tempi di Papa Urbano VIII. nel 1642. Scitte da Gio: Baglione Romano, Con la vita di Salvator Rosa Napoletano, pittore, e poeta, scritta da Gio: Batista Passari, Nuovamente aggiunta.
Description: 1733 Woodcut printer's mark on title, some figurated initials. (2), 304, 4 pp. index. 4to (250 x 185 mm). Contemporary vellum. Naples, n.pr., 1733. First edition to include for the first time the life of Salvatore Rosa (1615-73), painter and poet, written by G. B. Passeri (1610-79), present here in this third enlarged printing. The first edition of Giovanni Baglione's (1566-1643) work appeared in 1642. From that time on it was considered as one of the important chronological writings on architects and artists active in Rome from 1572 to 1642, during the times of Gregor III and Urban VIII.- Nice copy. - Cicognara 2191. ART - GENERAL & APPLIED ; ITALY ; ARCHITECTURE ;

Keywords: ART - GENERAL & APPLIED ;