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VANVITELLI, Luigi (1700-1773). Dichiarazione dei Disegni del Reale Palazzo di Caserta. Naples: nella Regia Stamperia, 1756.
Broadsheets (647 x 490mm). Mounted on guards throughout. Letterpress half-title, dedication leaf, 10 ll. text. Engraved title, 2 initials, 2 head- and one tailpiece, 14 double-page plates by C.Nolli, P.Pozzi, N.Orazi and F.Morghen after Vanvitelli, extra-illustrated with 2 additional double-page plates by Nolli after Vanvitelli. (Some light browning at folds, occasional small marginal repair.) Old vellum (rebacked, spine worn).
FIRST EDITION. The two additional plates of the Real Aquedotto per le delizie di Caserta edificato nella Valle dei Monti Tifata were prepared for the projected second part of the Dichiarazione, which remained unpublished. The palace and gardens of Caserta are the Italian Versailles. Cicognara, with commendable patriotism, insists that "Non este un Palazzo inventato con altretanta granezza, veramente Reale in alcun altro Paese di Europa". Fowler 348; Cicognara 4105; Berlin Kat. 2706; Brunet II.689.
Broadsheets (647 x 490mm). Mounted on guards throughout. Letterpress half-title, dedication leaf, 10 ll. text. Engraved title, 2 initials, 2 head- and one tailpiece, 14 double-page plates by C.Nolli, P.Pozzi, N.Orazi and F.Morghen after Vanvitelli, extra-illustrated with 2 additional double-page plates by Nolli after Vanvitelli. (Some light browning at folds, occasional small marginal repair.) Old vellum (rebacked, spine worn).
FIRST EDITION. The two additional plates of the Real Aquedotto per le delizie di Caserta edificato nella Valle dei Monti Tifata were prepared for the projected second part of the Dichiarazione, which remained unpublished. The palace and gardens of Caserta are the Italian Versailles. Cicognara, with commendable patriotism, insists that "Non este un Palazzo inventato con altretanta granezza, veramente Reale in alcun altro Paese di Europa". Fowler 348; Cicognara 4105; Berlin Kat. 2706; Brunet II.689.