[RAGUENET, Francoise.]

Les monumens de Rome ou descriptions des blus (sic!) beaux ouvrages de peinture, de sculpture et d'architecture qui se voyent à Rome, & aux environs. Second edition.

Paris, chez Jean Villette, 1702. Tall 12mo, pp. [12], 349, [33]; occasional light spotting here andthere but a very good copy in attractive contemporary mottled calf, richly gilt spine with red label, head of spine a little chipped. Fine printed booklabel of 'Bibliothèque de M. André de Champcour, Chevalier de l'Ordre Royal ...'. Third edition of Raguenet's popular guide book to Rome, originally published in 1700. Rather than giving an all embracing account of art and architecture in Rome, Ragunet concentrated on a few masterpieces and discussed them in much detail. The work is of great interest for its enthusiastic praise of Bernini, the Caracci, Guido Reni, Fontana and Carlo Maderna, indicating contemporary aesthetic preferences.Schudt 522; Fossati Bellani 874; Cicognara 3850.

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