Search Results: obelisco vaticano by fontana domenico

Milano, Edizioni il Polifilo, 1978.. Thick folio, lxxxii+c.300pp (several books in one, each restart pagination), illustrated, original boards in dustwrapper in slipcase, a near fine copy.. Fontana organised and directed a successful attempt to move the Vatican obelisk.

Rome: Crispino Puccinelli, 1824. Second Edition with the Addition of Later Machines and Premises. 520 x 370 mm. (20 1/2 x 14 1/2"). 4 p.l., XXIX, [1], 46; [4], 48 pp. Two volumes bound in one. Edited and with notes on the life and work of Zabaglia by Filippo Maria Renazzi. SPLENDID CONTEMPORARY RED MOROCCO, VERY ATTRACTIVELY GILT, covers with frames formed by thick and thin gilt rules filled with alternating fleuron tools above an undulating ribbon roll, central panel framed by multiple gilt rules connecting ornate floral corner- and sidepieces, flat spine divided into panels by multiple plain and decorative rules, these panels with rectangular centerpiece composed of volutes, arabesques, and floral tools, marbled endpapers. Engraved portrait of Zabaglia by Girolamo Rossi after a drawing by Pietro Leone Ghezzi, engraved vignettes on both title-pages, and 62 FINE ENGRAVED PLATES, 10 OF THEM FOLDING, after designs by Francesco Rostagni. Berlin Katalog 2755; Brunet V, 1515 ; Graesse VII, 501; Cicognara… Read More