Sixty Outlines from the Principal Works of Michel Angelo Buonarotti, in Sculpture, Painting, Design, and Architecture

edited by Henry G. Bohn

Published by Henry G. Bohn, London, 1863

About this Item

London: Henry G. Bohn. Poor with No dust jacket as issued. 1863. Hard Cover. The book is in a number of pieces. The binding threads are broken in numerous places. The front cover is detached. The cloth spine covering is completely gone. The front end paper and frontis portrait are attached to each other. The title page through Sculpture XVIII La Pieta are still bound together, All the paintings are detached as well as the first 2 designs. Design III through the rear end paper are bound together. As stated above- there are 2 plates missing: Jupiter and Leda and Michel Angelo's Dream. The frontispiece portrait is damp stained at the top edge 4 inches long by about an inch and a half deep not affecting the image with closed tears along the edges. The plates are damp stained along the edges, and are lightly to moderately foxed. If you require any other information or would like a scan, just ask. 10 By 12 1/2 Inches. Hard Cover. See Photos; Contents include: Sculpture: Bacchus, La Pieta, David, Christ, Monuments of Giuliano & Lorenzo De'Medici, La Madonna, Monument of Julius II. Pont. Max. , Religion Moses Virtue, Slaves, Christ Taken Down from the Cross, La Vittoria, Sampson Destroying the Philistines, Hercules Strangling Antaeus, La Pieta. Painting: Holy Family, (LACKING Jupiter and Leda) , La Pieta, The Last Judgement, Conversion St. Paul, Crucifixion of St. Peter, Designs: Cartoon from the Battle of Pisa, Christ on the mount, Annunciation, Fall of Phaeton, Rape of Ganymede, Titys, Baccanalia Di Putti, Christ with the Woman of Sumaria at the Well, The Crucifixion, Christ Taken Down for the Cross, Christ Scourged, Dead Christ, Venus and Cupid. Designs by Michel Angelo: Holy Family, St. Jerome, Virgin and Child, Jeremiah, Christ Healing the Sick, Holy Family, Shooting at a Target, An Old Man in a Go-Cart, (LACKING Michel Angelo's Dream) , Michel Angelo's Ring. Architecture: St. Peter's at Rome. Plan of the Church, Section Longitudinally, Side Elevation- as left at Michel Angelo's Death, Side Elevation- Present State, Front of St. Peter's. And lastly 2 portraits. One a frontispiece, the other is the last plate in the book.; Plates . BBmag Poor with No dust jacket as issued.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Sixty Outlines from the Principal Works of Michel Angelo Buonarotti, in Sculpture, Painting, Design, and Architecture
• Publisher: Henry G. Bohn, London
• Publication Date: 1863
• Binding: Hard Cover
• Edition: first edition thus.
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