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THORVALDSEN, Cav. Alberto

Intera Collezione di tutte le opere inventate e scolpite dal Cav. Alberto Thorwaldsen. Incisa a contorni con illustrazioni del chiarissimo abata misserini. Dedicata a sua eccelenza Rodolfo Conte di Lützov
Roma
Tipografia di Pietro Aureli
1831
€240 - €320

2 parts in one volume in-folio (ca. 43 x 27 cm), 250 pp, portrait frontispiece of Thorwaldsen and 125 full-page engravings (including one double), numbered 1-116, by Misserini. Index counts 116 descriptions of plates. Text in 2 columns: Italian and French. Some marginal foxing and pale water stains at the end, almost never touching the illustrations. Gilt half leather binding with corners, end papers with pencil drawings by a former owner; corners bumped and covers a bit scratched

Bertel (Alberto) Thorvaldsen was a Danish/Icelandic sculptor, the leading neoclassical sculptor of his day. He spent most of his life in Rome. Ref. Brunet V, 839