Jun 02, 2011 - Sale 2249

Sale 2249 - Lot 165

Price Realized: $ 660
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 2,000
(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 with loss of caption. sold as is. Florence, 1823