Histoire De La Peinture En Italie. Par M. B. A. A. [Epigraph] Tome Premier. (Second.)

RA Collection: Book

Record number

06/5553

Imprint

Paris,: P. Didot L'Ainé, Imprimeur Du Roi., MDCCCXVII.

Physical Description

2 vols.; 202 mm. (Octavo.)

General Note

Vol. I: [4], lxxxvi, [2], 298 p. - Vol. II: [6], 452 p.

Contents

Vol. I: [T.p.] - Errata Du Premier Volume - Introduction - [Divisional t.p., 'École De Florence] - [Text] - Table Du Premier Volume - Appendice - Table Du Premier Volume. - Vol. II: [Half-t., t.p.] - Errata Du Second Volume - [Text] - Épilogue, Cours De 50 Heures - Table Du Second Volume.

References

An English abridgment is included in D. Wakefield, ed., Stendhal and the arts (1973).

Summary Note

The text is by the novelist, Stendhal (Marie-Henri Beyle). It is a secondary account of the development of painting in Florence, up to the time of Michelangelo; in which Stendhal stresses the importance of feeling both in the creation and appreciation of works of art.

Provenance

At the rear of Volume I is pasted in an autograph letter from Stendhal in Italian, presenting this copy of the work 'of a friend' to Henry Sass, with the request that he will encourage other art-lovers in London to read it. The letter carries the date of '20 Dicembre' and states that the three last volumes of his book will appear in 1820. Presentation of the copy to the Royal Academy was acknowledged on 12 January 1819 (CM VI, 27-8). Henry Sass's own A Journey To Rome ... Containing Observations On The Fine Arts appeared in 1818.

Binding Note

19th-century half calf, marbled-papered boards; rebacked and recornered in 1993 by A. Wessely, spines lettered 'Histoire De La Peinture En Italie - Tome I (II)'.

Subject

Painting - Italy - Tuscany - Florence - History - Renaissance
Art history - Art criticism - 19th century

Contributors

Pierre Didot, printer
Stendhal, author, previous owner
Henry Sass, previous owner, donor
Anthony Wessely, binder