Cicognara Count (19 results)

2 vols in 1, cloth, small 4to, gilt cover-title in gilt frame, 21 cm, xiv, 415, [2] leaves, lxxvii, [1] pp. Breslauer & Folter: "The catalogue of the vast library on archaeology and art history collected by Cicognara, himself a notable art historian. It is tantamount to a bibliography of the pre-1820 literature on these subjects, owing to the detailed bibliographical and critical notes to the 4,800 works, and is still frequently consulted and quoted." Includes chapters on copper and wood engravings, theatrical architecture, sculpture, fete books, costumes, emblems, mythology, roman baths, biblical illustration, music, as well as other topics. Arntzen & Rainwater: "The critical annotations by Cicognara are documents of neoclassical taste." Classified arrangement, with an index. Top edge slightly dust-stained, endpapers slightly yellowed, otherwise Very Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Pub by Houghton, Osgood and Co., 1878, NAP, presumed 1st Edition. Volume II only. Fair cond. hardcover, no dj. Purple/brown pebbled bds, 3/4 heavily scuffed brown leather. Cloth stained & damaged on back side. Rear hinge delicate, front hinge barely holding. Gilt edges. Textblock complete, intact & VG+ or better condition. Absolutely beautiful full page illustrations. Book is complete & generally unmarked. Approx 2" thick. Fair exterior, VG+ or better internally. Same or next day shipping. Please email any questions.

2 vols in 1, cloth, small 4to, gilt cover-title in gilt frame, 21 cm, xiv, 415, [2] leaves, lxxvii, [1] pp. Breslauer & Folter: "The catalogue of the vast library on archaeology and art history collected by Cicognara, himself a notable art historian. It is tantamount to a bibliography of the pre-1820 literature on these subjects, owing to the detailed bibliographical and critical notes to the 4,800 works, and is still frequently consulted and quoted." Includes chapters on copper and wood engravings, theatrical architecture, sculpture, fete books, costumes, emblems, mythology, roman baths, biblical illustration, music, as well as other topics. Arntzen & Rainwater: "The critical annotations by Cicognara are documents of neoclassical taste." Classified arrangement, with an index. Booklabel of the bibliophile A R A Hobson on front pastedown endpaper, Near Fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Bound in half burgundy leather, with gilt lettering. Covers show edge wear with discoloration and leather flaking. BINDING AND HINGES STRONG AND TIGHT. Interior has foxing. ENGRAVINGS THROUGHOUT.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Ex-library, with bookplates and markings inside. 3/4 leather over pebbled cloth . Leather quite rubbed and worn; hinges cracked; bottom 1" of leather at foot of spine missing on volume I.

Half-Leather. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Book condition very good. Sketches throughout with tissue covering. Some wear to outside edges of boards on both volumes but otherwise excellent copies. Internally both volumes are in beautiful condition. Feint previous owners signature inside the front of each book.

2 vols in 1, cloth, small 4to, 21 cm, xiv, 415, [1] , xiv, [2], 333, [1], lxxvii, [1] pp. Breslauer & Folter: "The catalogue of the vast library on archaeology and art history collected by Cicognara, himself a notable art historian. It is tantamount to a bibliography of the pre-1820 literature on these subjects, owing to the detailed bibliographical and critical notes to the 4,800 works, and is still frequently consulted and quoted." Includes chapters on copper and wood engravings, theatrical architecture, sculpture, fete books, costumes, emblems, mythology, roman baths, biblical illustration, music, as well as other topics. Arntzen & rainwater: "The critical annotations by Cicognara are documents of neoclassical taste." Classified arrangement, with an index. Booklabel of the bibliophile A R A Hobson on front pastedown endpaper. Fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Volume 2 only. Luxury binding in full green morocco with lavish gilt decoration, red title lables on the spine, raised band, gilt dentelles. Cover shows minor wear and rubbing fading and soiling. All edges gilt, red endpapers. Pages with minor foxing.

Condition: Good. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1849. Later edition. Volume 2. Sm 4to Hardcover. Unpaginated. B/W plates. Good book. Heavy edgewear. Light foxing throughout. Slight dampstaining to the bottom-edge of last 1/3 of pages. Beatrice Minerva Ashley's (stage actress) bookplate to the front pastedown. (art, sculptures, models, art history) Inquire if you need further information.

THIS VOL ONLY, ex-lirary, folio , half leather bound green buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration/tooling to spine, aeg, marbled eps, (6) + 57pp + unpaginated/unnumbered plates, illus, VG (usual library markings, moderate scuffing & surface loss to leatherwork on spine & board corners, minor wrinkling & fading to top of front board, sm patch of paper residue to front pastedown, moderate foxing throughout).

THIS VOL ONLY, ex-library, folio, half green leather bound green buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, aeg, marbled eps, frontispiece, (xx) + xl + unnumbered plates, VG (moderate rubbing & scuffing/surface loss to leatherwork on spine & board corners, sl loosening/wrinkling of buckram/material to boards, minimal library markings, light to moderate tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals, prev. owner's name in pencil to prelims, moderate foxing to plates).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 2 4to hardcover volumes in red cloth with reworked spines. In a old library repaired binding only a old librarian would appreciate. At least the boards are nice and tight inside end papers are heavily taped. A bookplate and a perf on the title pages with a couple small marks. Thankfully the plates and contents are in decent condition with no marks to the plates and almost no foxing. There are 98 plates total some double page. Frontis plate is in volume 2 missing in volume one. Contents of both tight and good.

, 549 and 438 pages respectively, each with contents page at rear, text in Italian Second Edition , volumes in similar condition, head and tail of spines rubbed, corners and cover paper lightly rubbed, front hinges partially cracked but firmly held, light foxing in varied amounts throughout each, in good+ condition , quarter green calf with marbled paper to sides, gilt titles on 2 brown lettering pieces, gilt ruled and decorated spine ends, marbled endpapers Octavo Hardback ISBN:

HARD BACK PURPLE. Condition: GOOD. CANOVA; MOSES, HENRY (illustrator). Rubbed, chipped spine and board edges, soiled boards, bookplates, foxing, yellowing, occasional owner marking, bent page corners, small tears in old page edges Contains b&w drawings of Canova's sculptures by Henry Moses on pages without numbers 3/4 leather over purple boards DATE PUBLISHED: 1849 EDITION:

Condition: Fair. Volume 1-3. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Re-bound by library. Large 8vo. Brown cloth with quarter leather binding. Gilt lettering and borders on sun faded backstrip. Bumped corners and exterior wear. Frontispiece in vol I. Interior is secure, clean and clear save for minor foxing. Each volumes contains a large no. of plates, engraved in outline by Henry Moses. Trimmed. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,3450grams, ISBN:

Hardback. Condition: Good+. ~Original quarter red morocco, marbled paper to boards. Gilt lettering to smooth spines. Mild wear to spine edges. Mild rubbing to marbled paper on boards. Some wear to board edges, especially corners. Small 4tos (19.8 x 28.8cm). Cracking at gutter after vol. I contents, and around central gathering in vol. II. Endpapers uncracked at gutters. Mild offset browning and foxing to endpapers. Pencil inscription to blank front endpage of both vols. 40pp. 'Biographical Memoir' to start of vol. I. Unpaginated except for Memoir. Portrait frontis to vol. I by W. H. Worthington after F. X. Fabre. Over 100 engravings in outline by Henry Moses of Canova's works, with tissue guards. Some edgewear to tissue guards. Foxing largely confined to tissue guards. These two volumes were first published in parts from 1823; this is the first edition in vols. Presumably the project was begun immediately after the death of the great neoclassical sculptor in October 1822. Isabella Teotochi Albrizzi (1760-1836) was a brilliant Venetian salonnià re and a close friend of Canova; her Opere di scultura e di plastica di Antonio Canova, from which the descriptions in these vols are translated, was first published in 1809. Byron, in an 1816 letter to his friend Thomas Moore, described her as a 'very learned, unaffected, good-natured woman (.) She has written very well on the works of Canova'. Henry Moses (1781/2-1870), printmaker: Thomas Dodd, in his biographical catalogue of English engravers, described him as an 'eminent artist distinguished for the neatness and purity of outline' who attained 'the highest proficiency in the decorative and ornamental department of the arts' (Dodd, in ODNB). His lucid neoclassical engravings, with their 'Flaxmanesque manner of etching outlines, free from shading or modelling' (ODNB) are well-suited to depicting the works of Canova. These vols provide an early record of the relocation of several of Canova's works to England as spoils of the Napoleonic Wars, notably the colossal statue of Napoleon himself, recorded here as 'now in the possession of the Duke of Wellington' and still on display in Wellington's London residence, Apsley House. A third volume of the Works of Canova, again with engravings by Moses & translations of text by Albrizzi, was first published in parts by Septimus Prowett in 1827. These vols are the earliest 2-volume version. Influential work in original binding. Vol.1 is sound, VG. Vol.2 slightly shaken.~Robust packaging. All UK orders trackable, others on request. Used books are exempt from USA tariffs. 1st edn. Hardback. Size: c. 300pp per vol.

Wraps/velum. Condition: G/No Dustjacket. Black & White Plates (illustrator). 2nd Edition. Prato. G/No Dustjacket. 1823-1825. 2nd Edition. Wraps/velum. Seven Volumes in 8vo. wraps, plus atlas folio bound in velum with marbled boards. Volumes 1, 6, 7 are dated 1824; volumes 2-4 and the folio (vo.8) are dated 1823; volume 5 is dated 1825. Cicognara was president of the Accademia della Belle Arte at Venice. Bookplate of Sir Joseph Verdin. References - Catholic Encyclopedia; Universal Catalogue of Books on Art . 8vo., 323, 290, 492, 450, 550, 439, 448, with 158? illustrations on 142 folio leaves, Bindings are chipped and worn; overall good plus condition .

Engravings (illustrator). London, UK: Henry J. Bohn. Very good condition: minor foxing and yellowing/No Dustjacket. 1849. 8vo., v. p. . Very good condition: minor foxing and yellowing/No Dustjacket.

Rilegato. Condition: buono. prima edizione. 8vo (210 x 135 mm), 2 volumes, mid-20th century brown half calf with corners, boards covered with marbled paper, a clean and very good copy. pp. XII, 415, 1 blank, p. (4), 333, (1 blank), lxxviii. First edition of this celebrated catalogue, a must standing over all the catalogues of book collections. "The catalogue of the vast library on archaeology and art history collected by Cicognara, himself a notable art historian. It is tantamount to a bibliography of the pre-1820 literature on these subjects, owing to the detailed bibliographical and critical notes to the 4,800 works, and is still frequently consulted and quoted. In 1824, Cicognara sold the library to Leo XII, who incorporated it into the Vatican Library."(Breslauer & Folter; is reported that the price the Pope paid was "18000 scudi" then an enormous sum).