L'architettura antica. descritta e dimostrata coi monumenti dall' architetto cav. Luigi Canina .... Opera divisa in tre sezioni risguardanti la storia, la teorica e le pratiche dell' architettura egiziana, greca, e romana.
Luigi Canina (1795 - 1856)
Category
Books
Date
1830 - 1844
Materials
Place of origin
Italy
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 3162075
Summary
Bibliographic description
9 v. and atlases (3 v.) of 632 pl. (incl. maps, partly folding., plans). 8vo. Imperfect: lacks text vol. 2. Main title page in vol. 1 only. Provenance: Gardner Wilkinson Library. Name on pastedown of vol. 1: Wilkinson. Atlases have nineteenth-century armorial bookplate: 'John Gardner Wilkinson Brynfield House.' [i.e. Sir John Gardner Wilkinson (1795-1875)]. Binding of text volumes: Nineteenth-century publisher's binding, with printed paper over boards. Binding of atlases: Nineteenth-century half red morocco, marbled paper sides. Spines lettered in gilt: Canina /Architettura antica / Monumenti.
Makers and roles
Luigi Canina (1795 - 1856)