Gemme d'arti italiane. Anno sesto

Features

Author:  s.a.

Publisher:  Paolo Ripamonti Carpano

Place of printing:  Milan - Venice - Verona

Year of publication:  [1852]

Product Condition:
Copy in good condition. Hardback binding rather worn with gilt frieze and "Gemme" written on the spine and complete title, gilt on the front cover: the covers are framed by concentric fillets colored with dark brown paint; a small paper insert bearing the indication VI has been applied to the front cover. The covers are discolored with abrasions, serious abrasions at the corners, missing parts on the caps and spine. Pencil annotations on the first white page, on the second illustrated frontispiece and on the back cover. Very darkened flyleaves with stains. Browned edges with foxing; particularly darkened head edges. Well preserved leaves with sporadic foxing; text of the leaves framed by rich floral-themed frames. Plates in excellent condition protected by sheets of tissue paper; plate on page 69 unglued. Text in Italian.

Pages:  (10),XXXIV,(4),131,(7)

Format:  In eighth

Dimensions (cm):
Height:  27
Width:  20

Description

Ambitious annual publication by the publisher Paolo Ripamonti Carpano, who we know above all thanks to his precious Strenne illustrated with beautiful chromolithographs, welcome gifts on the occasion of New Year in the families of the 19th century bourgeoisie. Published starting in 1845, suspended in 1849 and resumed in 1852, the Gemme d'arti italiane had the ambitious aim of presenting themselves as a brief excursus of the artistic panorama of the moment through engravings and descriptions of works by painters and sculptors of the time. In our volume, 11 works by painters and sculptors are proposed, among which Domenico and Gerolamo Induno stand out. This is followed by the Cenni sull'Esposizione di Belle Arti in Brera for the year 1852. All in the elegant typographical dress typical of the publishing house, with its frontispiece and two dedications to the Marchese Uberto Pallavicini in elaborate chromolithograph frames and the text framed by rich floral-themed frames.

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