SUPER TUSCANS (ARCHITECTURE.) Cacialli, Giuseppe. Collezione dei Disegni di Nuove Fabbriche e Ornati fatti nella Regia Villa del Poggio Imperiale . . . Parte Prima [Parte Seconda . . . la quale contiene i Disegni dei Nuovi Ornamenti aggiunti . . . all'I. e R. Palazzo Pitti]. Italian and French text. 2 parts in one volume. 19 engraved plates in Part I, 48 (of 50) in Part II, many double-page, depicting architectural drawings and designs for frescoes and friezes. Folio, 19th-century 1/2 sheep gilt, spine worn; scattered foxing; Part II lacks plates 48 and 50 but contains two additional plates: one marked XLIX "Progretti di Porte" and LXIX: "Giove Olimpico concede delle Corone a Minerva . . ." (a ceiling frieze), Plate 39 trimmed, losing caption. sold as is. Florence, 1823
scarce first and only edition of this important volume of designs for projects at Palazzo Pitti and Villa Poggio Imperial. One of the major exponents of Tuscan Neoclassicism, Cacialli was one of the architects hand-picked by Grand Duchess Elisa Bonaparte Baciocchi, sister of Napoleon, to oversee a number of ambitious public works. DBI, vol. XVI, pages 60-62.
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