[Rarebooks] FS: Ferrario's: MONUMENTI SACRI with handcolored aquatints

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Ferrario, Giulio. MONUMENTI SACRI E PROFANI DELL'IMPERIALE E REALE 
BASILICA DI SANT' AMBROGIO IN MILANO RAPPRESENTATI E DESCRITTI DAL 
DOTTORE GIULIO FERRARIO. Milano: Dalla tipografia dell'autore, 1824. 
[x], [3]-224 pp., + 31 (ie 32) col. plates Illus. with 32 plates 
incl. 1 engraved plan, 31 aquatints of which 7 are  nicely 
hand-colored + handcolored engraved title page. Folio (41 cm). Cloth. 
First edition. Plate 4* and 4 unnumbered pages inserted after p. 40. 
BAL 1054, Brunet 1233.

  To illustrate this volume with aquatints, Ferrario chose many fine 
Milanese artists and engravers including V. Rainieri, Bramati, G. 
Alluisetti, D.K. Bonatti, Giuseppe Castellini, and A. Biasoli. Aside 
from the later two, the most prominent was the highly regarded 
theatrical set designer Alessandro Sanquirico (1774-1849) who 
produced 3 plates, one of the nave of the Basilica, and two works 
designed by Bramante d'Urbino, the presbytery and cloisters. The 
remaining plates are focused mainly on architectural views and the 
exquisite craftsmanship of the pulpit, mosaics, details, sarcophagi, 
and bas reliefs. Hard to find complete with hand coloring.

Edges of boards and spine protected with library tape, marbled boards 
rubbed, binding solid, edges nicked on a few leaves, scattered foxing 
affecting only the margins, plates sharp, colors bright, leaves 
unmarked.   [26404]   $950


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