Arte Italiana Decorativa e Industriale: Anno III-XII, XV, XVIII, XX (1893-1911)
Milano: Ulrico Hoepli, 1893-1911. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. Unpaginated. Striking collection of 37 chromolithographic plates (including 7 double plates) published by the Italian magazine of Decorative and Industrial art "Arte Italiana Decorativa e Industriale" between 1893 and 1911. Depicted in these striking plates are: The Portinari Chapel, a Renaissance chapel at the Basilica of Sant'Eustorgio, Milan (folding plate); The Certosa di Pavia, a monastery in Lombardy (folding plate); Ornamental paintings in the vault of the oratory of St George Chapel, in Padua; Decorative ceiling at the Palazzio Vecchio, in Firenze; Mural paintings at the Castle of Pandino; Ceiling decoration at the Palazzo Riccardi, in Firenze; Decorative friezes at the Palazzo Toboga, in Padova, and at the Benedictine monastery of Padua; Ornamental painting in the vault of the Sant'Angelo Church in Milan; Decorative ceiling at the Palazzo Chiaramonte, in Palermo; Ornamental paintings in the oecus of the House of the Vettii, in Pompeii, etc... Age wear on binding with tail of spine chipped, and edges rubbed, with abrasion to leather at corners. Damp-staining on inside of covers and along fore-edge of fly leaves (not affecting images). Minor age-toning along margin of pages. Captions in Italian. Binding in overall fair, interior in good+, images in very good condition. g to g+. Item #37210
Price: $650.00