Architecture Moderne de la Sicile, ou Recueil des plus Beaux Monumens Religieux, et des Edifices Publics et Particuliers les plus Remarquables de la Sicile. Ouvrage redige et publie par J.J. Hittorff, et faisant suite a l'Architecture Antique de la Sicile, par memes auteurs
first edition
1835 · Paris
by HITTORFF, Jacques Ignace, et Ludwig Zanth
Paris: Chez Paul Renouard, 1835. First edition. Double folio. (10), 64, (2) pp. 75 [i.e., 76] engraved plates, showing views, plans, and elevations. Hittorff (1792-1867), French architect and architectural historian, undertook architectural tours of Germany, England, Italy, and Sicily in the early 1820s, publishing the results of his observations in Sicily in two works "Architecture Antique" (1827) and "Architecture Moderne" (1835), both first appearing serially. Brunet III, p. 238. Graesse III, p. 310. Contemporary flame calf, rebacked, gilt title and rules on spine. Professional paper restoration to outer edges of title page, washed, a very good copy. (2586). (Inventory #: 55903)