[KNIGHTS OF ST. STEPHEN] FONTANA, Fulvio (1648-1723). L'origine della sacra mili…

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[KNIGHTS OF ST. STEPHEN] FONTANA, Fulvio (1648-1723). L'origine della sacra milizia di santo Stephen pope, and martyr, with the series... of his grand masters. Parma: Monti, 1718. Scarce work on the history and succession of the knights of the Order of Saint Stephen, an order founded by Cosimo I dei Medici in 1561 to fight the Barbary pirates. 4to, (215 x 165 mm). Engraved frontispiece with Medici arms (marginal dampstaining, spotting). Contemporary full vellum binding. Provenance: contemporary notes to the last blank leaf. (1)

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[KNIGHTS OF ST. STEPHEN] FONTANA, Fulvio (1648-1723). L'origine della sacra milizia di santo Stephen pope, and martyr, with the series... of his grand masters. Parma: Monti, 1718. Scarce work on the history and succession of the knights of the Order of Saint Stephen, an order founded by Cosimo I dei Medici in 1561 to fight the Barbary pirates. 4to, (215 x 165 mm). Engraved frontispiece with Medici arms (marginal dampstaining, spotting). Contemporary full vellum binding. Provenance: contemporary notes to the last blank leaf. (1)

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FONTANA, Carlo. The Vatican Temple and its origin. Templum Vaticanum et ipsius origo. Rome, Stamperia di Gio. Francesco Buagni, 1694. In-folio large. 440x310 mm. Splendid Italian coeval binding to arms in red morocco, decoration à la fanfare stamped in gold to small irons, with fillets, intricate scrolls, putti, pitchers, twigs, flowers around a large central coat of arms, ornate spine to small irons, internal dentelles, gilt edges. Pages [32], 489 [recte 491], [29]. Errors in numbering of papers in fascicles 2C and 2E, repeated p. 343-344. Text in two columns in Latin and Italian. Frontispiece and text in frame; woodcut initials and friezes. 79 magnificent copper-engraved plates, 10 of which are folded. Caps restored, usual scattered yellowing. First and only edition of the most important architectural treatise on the construction of St. Peter's Basilica and the Vatican. Superb presentation copy given by Innocent XII Pignatelli to Prince Pignatelli Aragona Cortes. The binding, richly decorated with the arms of the Pontiff, was created in the atelier of Giovanni Andreoli in 1694. The work, written by one of the leading architects of the period, is divided into seven books that deal with the site on which the basilica stands, the various stages of construction, the current state of the building, etc. The third book describes and illustrates the complex operation of the erection of the obelisk in St. Peter's Square, carried out in 1586 by Domenico Fontana. The 79 plates, drawn by Fontana and finely engraved in copper by Alessandro Specchi depict views, plans, cutaways. Cicognara: "This great and magnificent work ... the edition could not have been more noble." Cicognara 3731; Berlin Kat. 2678. Fowler 122. Schudt 1017. Rossetti 5091. Folio. 440x310 mm. Magnificent contemporary Italian red morocco gilt fanfare binding with the Pope's coat of arms, sumptuous fanfare decor on the covers, the design is entirely gilt worked around the central coat of arms oval with a multitude of compartments and half compartments connected by volutes and torsades, with fillets, putti, jugs, twigs, flowers all filled with a small gilt tools, spine richly gilt, inner dentelles, edges gilt. Pages [32], 489 [i.e. 491], [29]. Errors in the numbering of the papers of quires 2C and 2E, repeated the p. 343-344. Text on two columns in Latin and Italian. Title page and text within frame; woodcut Initials and ornamentes. Illustrated with 79 engraved plates, including 10 double-page or folding. Joints restored, scattered usual yellow stains, good copy. First and only edition of the most important architectural treatise on the construction of the Basilica of St. Peter and the Vatican. Superb presentation specimen donated by Innocent XII Pignatelli to the Prince Pignatelli Aragona Cortes. The binding, richly decorated with the arms of the Pope, was created in the atelier of Giovanni Andreoli in 1694. The work, written by one of the greatest architects of the period, is divided into seven books dealing the Vatican and the Vatican obelisk, a description of its origin, the most conspicuous ancient and modern buildings made within and outside it, including the plates from his Della trasportatione dell'obelisco vaticano published 1590. In the third book the complex operation of the erection of the obelisk in St. Peter's Square, described in 1586 by Domenico Fontana, is described and illustrated. Book VII includes a comparison of St. Peter's, the Pantheon and the Duomo in Florence. Contents: 1. Most notable things of Roman power --2. Ancient basilica --3. Transportation of the obelisk --4. Porticoes, Squares --5. Vatican Temple --6. Expenses --7. Pantheon & other templesj.The 79 plates, designed by the Fountain and finely engraved in copper by Alessandro Specchi represent views, plants, cross sections.Cicognara: "This great and magnificent work ... the edition could not have been more noble."

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