Rome

1763 · 33176-1314 — Rome Marco Pagliarini 1763. Title with vign. head- and tail-pieces decorative initials. XII 487 pp. 1 blank leaf 108 pp. 12mo. Contemporary boards worn. Rome Marco Pagliarini 1763. First published c. 90 years earlier under the title: Studio di pittura scoltura et architettura this is the first pocket guide for amateurs to the art and architecture of Rome. Aimed at an audience of secular tourists rather than religious pilgrims this guide is organized from the standpoint of geographical rather than devotional convenience. It is of the greatest interest to the historian of Baroque art and architecture as it provides a descriptive inventory of the contents of over 240 churches and monasteries and contains information relevant to attribution building history patronage and contemporary taste. Includes bibliogr. references and indexes. Most copies of this pocket guide were working copies by their very nature and have been used to pieces. According to Schlosser it remained the standard guide to Rome in the eighteenth century and as such was one of the formative sources for the trend of the "Grand Tour".- A clean copy. - Schlosser pp. 544 600; cf. Cicognara 3891; Marco Lattanzi "La prima grande vera guida di Roma" in F. Prinzi ed. Filippo Titti Descrizione delle pitture 1978 pp. 5-10; OCLC 3880564. ART & ARCHITECTURE & ARCHAEOLOGY ; ITALY ; GEOGRAPHY:TRAVEL ; Rome, Marco Pagliarini hardcover