[MICHELANGELO] Hartt, FrederckBiblio.com
[Raphael, Michelangelo]Biblio.com
Deux candélabres composés par Raphael Sanzio d'Urbin et Michel-Ange Buonaroti; d'après le concours ouvert entr'eux par les Papes Jules II et Léon X environ l'an 1518. Dédiés au citoyen Chaptal Ministre de l'Intérieur membre de l'Institut national de France.
70351Paris Joubert 1803. Large Folio 59.5 x 41.5 cm. 4 pp. Four large engraved plates. Later mottled half roan over paper boards resembling tree calf. Black morocco label with gilt title. Original printed wrappers bound in. = This work shows two - probably life-size - designs for candlesticks designed by Renaissance artists Raphael and Michelangelo on the occasion of a contest organized by Popes Julius II and Leo X. Each leaf shows either the top or the foot of a candle. The wrapper text extensively describing the candlesticks is printed in French and in English in two columns Armorial bookplate on the front pastedown. Some mostly marginal spotting. Otherwise a very good copy. Rare. Not in Brunet. hardcover
Antiquariaat Schierenberg · Pays-Bas1 400,00 €
