[Rarebooks] FS: 1813 Book- Pietre Dure at Sagrerstia Vecchia Basilica San Lorezno Florence

[Joslin Hall Books & Ephemera]

“Descrizione della gran capella Delle Pietre Dure e della Sagrestia  
Vecchia eretta da Filippo di ser Brunellesco situate ambedue nell'  
Imp. Basilica di S. Lorenzo di Firenze”

By Domenico Moreni.
Published in Florence by Presso Carli e Comp. in 1813.

A description of the history and pietre dure decoration of the Chapel  
of the Princes and the interior of the Sagresta Vecchia in Florence.  
The fabulous 'Chapel', whose interior is decorated with the most  
beautiful and intricate stone mosaic work, was begun by Grand Duke  
Ferdinando I, who had also founded the famous Galleria delle Lavori at  
the Uffizi. The Galleria quickly became the most important workshop in  
the world for the production of the highest quality pietre dure,  
mosaic and intarsia work in semi-precious stone. The Chapel itself was  
a massive undertaking which took several generations to complete.

As Giusti writes in "Pietre Dure, Hardstone in Furniture and  
Decorations" (1992)- "(A) great project left unrealized by  
Ferdinando's two predecessors, the dynastic mausoleum at S. Lorenzo,  
was begun. This was to take the grandiose and majestic form of a  
temple entirely sheathed in pietre dure. The enormous scale of the  
work planned for this 'Chapel of the Princes', and the intense  
activity of the manufactory, called for great reserves of the most  
rare and varied stones. Indeed, Ferdinando amassed such great  
quantities that they fed the Galleria for centuries -and are not  
exhausted today". The other subject of this survey, the Sagresta  
Vecchi, or Old Sacristy, is the oldest part of the present Basilica of  
San Lorenzo (the "Duomo"), and contains the tombs of several members  
of the Medici family. A scarce book.

Softcover. 6"x8.5", viii + 152 pages; 1 engraved plate; bound in old  
period plain paper. Covers with general wear, a little soil; contents  
with a little soil and foxing. Housed in a new clamshell case. [31279]  
  $125

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