Il colosseo di Roma della grandezza di palmi 2449 di circonferenza, ridotto alla circonferenza di palmi 40 49/60 misura lineale dall'uno al sessanta. Opera mirabile di Carlo Lucangeli romano ultimate dal di lui Genero Paolo Dalbono.

LUCANGELI, Carlo.

Published by Rome, Luigi Perego Salvioni, [1813]., 1813

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8vo, pp. 16; some light foxing to margins and gutters, but otherwise fresh; in later marbled wrappers.Rare account of the extraordinary scale model of the Colosseum, constructed over more than two decades decades by the architect and scenographer Carlo Lucangeli (1747-1812). Although cork models of ancient buildings had been popular for more than a century, this wooden model, depicting the Colosseum not as it is now found but as how it was imagined to have been in its heyday, was something entirely new. Lucangeli's research involved the first thorough survey of the building, revealing hitherto unknown parts such as the Passaggio di Comodo, and these are depicted in his model, which was constructed out of poplar, beech, elm, lead, and bone, and painted. Lucangeli died before the model was finished, and the work was completed by his son-in-law Paolo Dalbono. It was well travelled: it spent four years in London from 1815, and passed between several owners before its acquisition by the State. It is now, heavily restored, on display at the Colosseum Museum.OCLC records only two copies, at the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin and Harvard. Seller Inventory # H6004

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Title: Il colosseo di Roma della grandezza di palmi...

Publisher: Rome, Luigi Perego Salvioni, [1813].

Publication Date: 1813

Binding: Soft cover