Gio. Guerardo de ROSSI
Lettera sopra un monumento recentemente scolpito dall'illustre scultore sig. Antonio Canova
S. n.|Bassano [Bassano Romano] 1795|12 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition. Rare.
In original wrappers, as issued, without temporary cover.
The letter is addressed to D. Giuseppe Toaldo and concerns a sculpture commissioned by Venice from Chevalier Angelo Emo, Commander of the Venetian navy. The author, De Rossi (1754-1827) describes the Sculpture minutely, detail by detail, and analyzes the feelings it provokes. The author wrote several opuscules of this type.
One copy located at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, but absent from English and French catalogues as well as the British Library.
In original wrappers, as issued, without temporary cover.
The letter is addressed to D. Giuseppe Toaldo and concerns a sculpture commissioned by Venice from Chevalier Angelo Emo, Commander of the Venetian navy. The author, De Rossi (1754-1827) describes the Sculpture minutely, detail by detail, and analyzes the feelings it provokes. The author wrote several opuscules of this type.
One copy located at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, but absent from English and French catalogues as well as the British Library.
€250