Sales catalogue 106: Davis & Orioli

Date:
20th century
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/31/16
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue 106: Davis & Orioli. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    138 Lomazzo (Gio. Paolo) Trattato dell’ Arte della Pittura, Scoltura et Architettura. Milan, Paolo G. Pontio, 1585 £3 10s 4to. Old red morocco. 20 ll., 700 pp., 1 leaf errata. An important early work, full of informa- tion respecting the lives and works of celebrated artists. A remarkably fine copy. 139 Malvasia (Carlo Cesare) Felsina Pittrice Vite de Pittori Bolognesi. Bologna, Domenico Barbieri, 1678 £2 2s 4to. 2 vols. Vellum. 9 ll., 581 pp. 1 leaf; 2 ll., 606 pp., 1 leaf. With numerous woodcut portraits and decorations. 140 Marchese (P. L. Vinc.) Memorie dei piu insigna/, Fittori,, ,.Scultori,. ¢ ,,, Architetti Domenicani con aggiunta di alcuni scritti intorno le Belle Arti. Florence, Alcide Parenti, 1845 £1 10s Large 8vo, 2 vols. in one. Half vellum, gilt. Four engraved portraits. Important work for the history of art. From the Gaisford collection, with his ex-libris. 141 Michelangelo. WuitEHOUSE (J. Howard) and Rocke (C.) The Master. A study of Michelangelo. London, 1934 5s 8vo. Cloth. Illustrated. 142 Pascoli (Lione) Vite de Pittore, Scultori ed Architetti Perugini. Rome, A. de Rossi, 1732 £3 10s 4to. Old vellum. 5 ll., 259 pp., 4 ll. Cicognara 2343, 143 Pasta (Andrea) Le Pitture Notabili di Bergamo che sono esposte alla vista del publico. Bergamo, Fr. Locatelli, 1775 £2 2s 4to. Red morocco,i.g.d.,g.e., by Brany. 168 pp. An exceptionally fine copy of this book on the pictures in Bergamo, of which Cicognara says “libro benissimo eseguito da un ottimo cono- scitore.’’ Cicognara 4164, 144 Raspe (RK. E.) A Critical Essay on Oil Painting, proving that the art of painting in oil was known before the pretended discovery of John and Hubert van Eyck, to which are added Theophilus De Arte Pingendi, Eraclus de Artibus Romanorum and a review of Farinator’s Lumen Animae. London, 1781 £2 23 4to. Original boards, rebacked. vii+148 pp. Engraved frontispiece. This book by Raspe, the author of ‘‘ Baron Munchhausen,’’ was published through the help of Horace Walpole. The author had discovered a manuscript by Theophilus, a German monk of the 4th century, giving receipt for preparing colours with oil and thereby proving the early knowledge of painting in oil. 145 Richardson (Jonathan) the Works. The Theory of Painting. Essay on the Art of Criticism (so far as it relates to painting). The Science of a Connoisseur, a new edition with an addition of an Essay on the Knowledge of Prints, and Cautions to Collectors . . . dedicated to Sir Joshua Reynolds. London, 1792 18s 4to. Old mottled calf, rebacked. With 12 portraits at end of painters, including Correggio, Raphael, Leonardo da Vinci, Rembrandt, and others. This work was issued as Supplement to Horace Walpole’s Anecdotes of Painters and >oraverls. CABLE ADDRESS: 19 146 Ridolfi (Carlo) Le Maraviglie dell’Arte overo le Vite de gl’illustri Pittori Veneti e dello Stato. Venice, G. B. Sgava, 1648 £4 4s 4to. Old doeskin. 2 vols.in one. 30 ll., 406 pp. ; 29 1l., 324 pp. With two engraved frontispieces and 37 engraved portraits. Cicognara 2359. 147 Rome. Koma Papalis, or a Description of the Citty now soe famous under the Government of the Pope, in which is contained: The richnesse of all her Churches ; Splendor of her Palaces, and most of her Antiquities and other Rarities, whose very ruines are still lively repre- sentations of her Past Empire. By I. B. £10 10s MS. written on 264 ll. of paper. Small folio. Contemporary vellum. Full, interesting and un- published account of Rome and Roman life written by an English traveller. It is dedicated to Charles’ favourite, Hortense, Duchess of Mazarine. The year of the author’s visit-was 1661. 148 Rossi (Gio. Jacomo) Il Nuovo Teatro delle Fabriche et Edificii in Prospettiva di Roma Moderna. Rome, 1665 £4 10s Oblong folio. Old mottled calf. Four parts bound together. With 142 very fine engraved plates. One of the most attractive books on the Rome of the Renaissance with a beautiful series of views of all the Churches and private palaces and gardens. Very fine copy. 149 Rouquet. The Present State of the Arts in England. London, 1755 10s 6d 8vo. New half calf. 136 pp. Discusses the state of painting, engraving, architecture, music, jewellery, theatrical declamation, medicine, etc., in 18th century England. 150 Salter (Emma Gurney) Nature in Italian Art. A study of Landscape Backgrounds from Giotto to Tintoretto. London 1912 5s 8vo. Orig. cloth. Many plates. 151 The School of Miniature . . . herein are contained the most expeditious and in- fallible ways of drawing without being taught; and all the methods of colouring, stippling, etc. . . . to which the whole are annexed many valuable receipts for pre- paring the colours . . . published from an old manuscript. London, 1733 12s 6d 8vo. New boards. 92 pp. 152 Smith (John) The Art of Painting in Oil ... containing the best and most approved rules for preparing, mixing and working of oil colours .. . the sixth edition. London, 1753 12s 6d 12mo. Wrappers. 110 pp. 153 Sorte (Christoforo) Osservationi nella Pittura . . . con l’aggionta d’una Croni- chetta dell’ Origine della magnifica Citta di Verona. Venice, Gio. Ant. Rampazetto, 1594 £3 10s 4to. Boards. 34 leaves. Device on title, and one woodcut. The second edition of an interesting work on 16th century painting. Cicognara describes this edition which is more complete than the first as being even rarer. The first edition he describes as ‘‘ Rarissimo ’’ (No. 213).
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