Edifices de Rome moderne ou, Recueil des palais, maisons, eglises, couvents, et autres monuments publics et particuliers les plus remarquables de la ville de Rome

Paul Le Tarouilly

ISBN 10: 0910413002 / ISBN 13: 9780910413008

Published by Princeton Architectural Press, 1997

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Reprint series. Hardcover volume, measuring approximately 9.5" x 12.5", is, bound in black cloth, with stamped gilt lettering to spine and front cover. Book and dust jacket are like new. Folded map, "Plan de Rome moderne," is laid in. Jacket is preserved in mylar cover. 364 pages. Rare edition of this high-quality reprint, on 80-lb acid-free paper, of the original 3-volume work published between 1840 and 1866. "Paul Letarouilly's masterpiece, "Edifices de Rome Moderne," has been hailed as the most beautiful book on Renaissance architecture ever published. Letarouilly (1795 1855) devoted thirty-five years to drawing the plans, sections, elevations, perspectives, and large-scale details of gardens, convents, palaces, and churches of Renaissance Rome. His keen observational ability and immaculate drawing skills make this work an indispensable sourcebook. In many cases his etchings remain the only measured plans or elevations available; he also recorded buildings destroyed by later demolitions.".

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Edifices de Rome moderne ou, Recueil des palais, maisons, eglises, couvents, et autres monuments publics et particuliers les plus remarquables de la ville de Rome
• Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0910413002
• ISBN 13: 9780910413008
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New

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Synopsis

Paul Letarouilly's masterpiece, Edifices de Rome Moderne, has been hailed as the most beautiful book on Renaissance architecture ever published. Letarouilly devoted 35 years to drawing the plans, sections, elevations, perspectives, and large-scale details of gardens, convents, palaces, and churches of Renaissance Rome. His keen observational ability and immaculate drawing skills make this work an indispensable sourcebook. In many cases his etchings remain the only measured plans or elevations available; he also recorded buildings destroyed by later demolitions. Princeton Architectural Press's reprint contains all 354 plates and Letarouilly's Nolli Map of Rome, a 13 x 35 inch insert that took the artist five years to complete.

Reviews

This edition combines all three volumes published by Letarouilly in France in 1840 and contains 354 plates detailing the most notable buildings in Renaissance Rome. It is more for hardcore architecture collections, although it might be considered for art collections as well.
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