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Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Aedium Farnesiarum Tabulae ab Annibale Caraccio Depictae a Carolo Caesio Aeri Insculptae atque a Lucio Philarchaeo Explicationibus Illustratae.
Rome: Venantius Monaldinus, 1753.
First edition, oversized folio, title page printed in red and black with large engraved vignette, portrait of Carracci opposite the title; half-title present; illustrated with a series of 61 large engraved vignettes, along with 40 engravings on 33 numbered plates (of which 11 are folding); all illustrations are of Carracci's paintings as engraved by Carlo Cesio (1626-1686); bound in later half calf and marbled paper boards, rebacked; 18 x 13 in.
The paintings reproduced in this volume are those adorning the ceilings in what is now called the Carracci Gallery at the Palazzo Farnese in Rome commissioned by Alessandro Farnese (1468-1549), later Pope Paul III, ostensibly in honor of his niece's nuptials. "The important cycle of frescoes, trompe-l'oeil, and architectural framework known as quadratura that make up the barrel-vaulted ceiling of the gallery depict the 'Loves of the Gods,' a sophisticated dialogue between the theme of love and allegorical subjects from antiquity." (Quoted from https://www.wmf.org/project/carracci-gallery-palazzo-farnese)
