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100 1 # $a Missirini
245 1 0 $a Della Vita Di Antonio Canova Libri Quattro Compilati Da Melchior Missirini Terza Edizione Con Correzioni, Aggiunte E Medaglie.
260 # # $a Milano $b Per Giovanni Silvestri $c M.DCCC.XXV. $c [1825]
300 # # $a xiv, [2], 492, [4] p., frontis. (port.), [3] fold. pl.; $c 167 mm. (Duodecimo.)
490 0 # $a Biblioteca Scelta Di Opere Italiane Antiche E Moderne; $v No. 170
505 0 # $a [Half-t., frontis. (port.), t.p.] - Il Tipografo - [Dedic.] - Prefazione - [Text] - Appendice - Catalogo Cronologico Delle Opere Di Antonio Canova - Dichiarazione Delle Medaglie Coniate In Onore Di Antonio Canova - Indice - [Advertisement] - [Plates].
508 # # $a The 'Catalogo Cronologico' is subtitled, 'Si Come Fu Stampato Dal Conte Cicognara'.

The frontispiece is signed as drawn by Cleofe Silvestri and engraved by Carlo Cattaneo. The three folding plates are unsigned.

The dedication by Melchior Missirini to Giovanbatista Canova (the half-brother of Canova, also known as Bishop Giovanni Battista Sartori) is reprinted from the first edition.
510 0 # $a Royal Institute of British Architects, British Architectural Library ... Early printed books, 3 (1999), no. 2150, p.1149.
520 2 # $a The work was first published in 1824. Here it is printed as part of a series, the half-title reading 'Biblioteca Scelta Di Opere Italiane Antiche E Moderne vol. 170 Antonio Canova'.

In this edition the biography is preceded by a frontispiece portrait of Canova, and followed by three folding plates showing nine medals struck in Canova's honour.
561 # # $a Purchased for RA Library in 1889 (see RA Annual Report for 1889, p. 46).
563 # # $a 19th-century half green morocco, marbled-papered boards; spine lettered 'Antonio Canova Missirini' and 'R.A.'
600 1 4 $a Canova
653 # # $a Sculptors - Artists - Sculpture - Italy - History - 18th century - 19th century - Neoclassical
655 # 0 $a Biography - Art history - Italy - 19th century
700 1 # $a Sartori $e dedicatee
700 1 # $a Cicognara
700 1 # $a Silvestri $e draughtsman
700 1 # $a Cattaneo $e engraver
700 1 # $a Silvestri $e publisher