1983, ISBN: 9780262081214

Lisbon, Na Offic. de Antonio Vicente da Silva, 1759.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 4°, later plain blue wrappers. Woodcut vignette on title page. Severely browned. Top edge shaved on first a… Mehr…

Lisbon, Na Offic. de Antonio Vicente da Silva, 1759.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 4°, later plain blue wrappers. Woodcut vignette on title page. Severely browned. Top edge shaved on first and final leaves, affecting first word on title page and 3 page numbers. In near-good condition. Old manuscript foliation in ink ("20-23"). 8 pp. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Describes the funeral of D. Fernando VI of Spain (1713-1759, ruled 1746-1759), including the 34 sections of the procession that brought the king's body from Villaviciosa to Madrid.D. Fernando was heartbroken by the death in 1758 of his wife D. Barbara of Portugal (eldest daughter of D. João V of Portugal). He is buried next to D. Barbara in a magnificent Baroque mausoleum in the Convento de las Salesas Reales, designed by Francesco Sabatini. The mausoleum was completed in 1765, during the reign of Fernando's half-brother and successor, D. Carlos III.*** Coimbra, Miscelâneas 2, n. 54; 95 n. 1878; and 311, n. 5136. Not in Innocêncio or Fonseca, Pseudónimos. Porbase locates 3 copies, all Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal. Jisc locates a copy at Senate House Libraries-University of London. Not located in NUC., Lisbon, Na Offic. de Antonio Vicente da Silva, 1759., 0, Cambridge, MA.: MIT Press, 1983. The great palace of Caserta, near Naples, probably the largest building erected in Europe in the eighteenth century, became an archetypal expression of absolute monarchy. It was begun in 1752 for Carlo di Borbone, King of the Two Sicilies, who worked closely with its chief architect, Luigi Vanvitelli. Although Vanvitelli was one of the most notable architects of his century, as Caserta was one of its major buildings, this study by a leading scholar of Baroque and Neapolitan architecture is the first book in English on the architect and his masterpiece. The book offers a new view of the palatial and megapalatial in architecture. Although the monarch for whom it was built never spent a night under its roof, Caserta was designed to provide the royal family and the court with a grand residence and more. It was also intended to house the offices of the government bureaucracy, barracks, a national library, a university, and a national theater - not only to symbolize but to contain the organs of a large modern state. Caserta influenced much that came after: plans by Boullée for a new Versailles to return pride of size to France, buildings in both Imperial and Soviet Russia, palaces of the later British Empire, even the Pentagon. As Hersey notes, "if Carlo di Borbone could return from the grave and rule the United States, he would move the seat of executive power from the White House to the Pentagon." The book also provides intriguing insights into the relationships between poetry - painted and sculptured allegories - and number - architectural planning that has become a geometrical game. It sketches the intellectual background of Carlo's conception, emphasizing the king's mythical forebears and his love of mathematical order. It shows that the Neapolitan poet and philosopher, Giambattista Vico, influenced the king to incorporate such mythic figures as Hercules and Aeneas into his genealogy and Vanvitelli to introduce their likenesses into Caserta's art, which is in turn integrated with the geometry of the palace's gardens and the numerical sequences of its rooms. 318 pgs. Illustrated. Decorative endpapers. Dustjacket has minimal shelfwear; in mylar. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. Oblong., MIT Press, 1983, 4<

1983, ISBN: 9780262081214

Cambridge, MA.: MIT Press, 1983. The great palace of Caserta, near Naples, probably the largest building erected in Europe in the eighteenth century, became an archetypal expression of ab… Mehr…

Cambridge, MA.: MIT Press, 1983. The great palace of Caserta, near Naples, probably the largest building erected in Europe in the eighteenth century, became an archetypal expression of absolute monarchy. It was begun in 1752 for Carlo di Borbone, King of the Two Sicilies, who worked closely with its chief architect, Luigi Vanvitelli. Although Vanvitelli was one of the most notable architects of his century, as Caserta was one of its major buildings, this study by a leading scholar of Baroque and Neapolitan architecture is the first book in English on the architect and his masterpiece. The book offers a new view of the palatial and megapalatial in architecture. Although the monarch for whom it was built never spent a night under its roof, Caserta was designed to provide the royal family and the court with a grand residence and more. It was also intended to house the offices of the government bureaucracy, barracks, a national library, a university, and a national theater - not only to symbolize but to contain the organs of a large modern state. Caserta influenced much that came after: plans by Boullée for a new Versailles to return pride of size to France, buildings in both Imperial and Soviet Russia, palaces of the later British Empire, even the Pentagon. As Hersey notes, "if Carlo di Borbone could return from the grave and rule the United States, he would move the seat of executive power from the White House to the Pentagon." The book also provides intriguing insights into the relationships between poetry - painted and sculptured allegories - and number - architectural planning that has become a geometrical game. It sketches the intellectual background of Carlo's conception, emphasizing the king's mythical forebears and his love of mathematical order. It shows that the Neapolitan poet and philosopher, Giambattista Vico, influenced the king to incorporate such mythic figures as Hercules and Aeneas into his genealogy and Vanvitelli to introduce their likenesses into Caserta's art, which is in turn integrated with the geometry of the palace's gardens and the numerical sequences of its rooms. 318 pgs. Illustrated. Decorative endpapers. Dustjacket has minimal shelfwear; in mylar. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. Oblong., MIT Press, 1983, 4<

1983, ISBN: 9780262081214

Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 1983. This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket with light edgewear and a repaired chip out of the top of the spine. Completely clean ins… Mehr…

Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 1983. This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket with light edgewear and a repaired chip out of the top of the spine. Completely clean inside and out. Major monograph on the history of the Royal Palace at Caserta, near Naples, Italy, begun in 1752. The most well known architects associated with Caserta are Mario Goffredo and Luigi Vanvitelli. Illustrated in black & white. Bibliography. 8" high X 11" wide, 318 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good., The MIT Press, 1983, 3<