ROTA, Vincenzo.

L'incendio del Tempio di S. Antonio di Padova. Canti VI.

Rome, (nella stamperia di S. Ignazio per Giovanni Generosa Salomoni), 1749. Large 8vo, pp. 197, [3], with engraved title-page, 6 finely etched plates, and 7 etched head-pieces; printing errors corrected in a neat contemporary hand following the errata leaf at end; a fine, large and uncut copy in contemporary carta rustica, Ms lettering on spine. A fine copy of the very rare first edition of Vincenzo Rota's poem, in six cantos, about the 1749 fire that destroyed parts of the celebrated Gothic Basilica Sant'Antonio in Padua, built between 1238-1310. The fire broke out in one of the basilica's towers and in a very short time engulfed the nave, destroying the choir stalls carved by the brothers Lorenzo and Christoforo Canozzi (1462-69), before it was bought under control without producing more damage among the other untold artistic riches of the church.Vincenzo Rota, playwright, priest and sometime painter (1703-85) weaves the dramatic events into his long didactic poem, which is probably one of the few printed sources about this event. The book's charm is punctuated by the very fine illustrations, all unsigned, which follow Rota's narrative thread, giving us views of the burning basilica. A second edition, apparently without any illustrations, was published in 1753.This is a very rare book. RLIN locates only 1 copy: National Gallery of Art Washington (lacks the errata leaf); no copy in OCLC. Not in the Italian Union Catalogue (ICCU) which locates only a copy of the second edition.

• GBP 1,850.00 > 其他币种价格
• 订书号：: A965

• 书商: Bernard Quaritch Ltd. (GREAT BRITAIN)