1827 · Venizia
by Cicognara, Leopoldo Conte
Venizia: Presso Giuseppe Picotti Tipografo Editore, 1827. Folio. 305 x 220 mm., [12 x 8 ½ inches]. 40 pp. Bound in red cloth boards, red leather spine; with the inscription “Al Chiarissimo Signore Quatremere de Quinci in Segno di Am[xxx}e di Stima / l’Autore.” With the ornate label of the paper company “Delaville Papetier Ordinaire du Roi.”
Presentation copy of an offprint of Cicognara’s long essay on the history of niello, and the changing techniques used by artists as described during the medieval period by Teofilo Monaco and later by Benvenuto Cellini during the Renaissance. It concludes with a list of works on the art of niello (truncated)
Presentation copy of an offprint of Cicognara’s long essay on the history of niello, and the changing techniques used by artists as described during the medieval period by Teofilo Monaco and later by Benvenuto Cellini during the Renaissance. It concludes with a list of works on the art of niello (truncated)