L'Architettura Antica Descritta E Dimostrata Coi Monumenti Dall'Architetto Cav. Luigi Canina Accademico Di Merito Residente Della Pontificia Accademia Di S. Luca Socio Ordinario Della Pontificia Accademia Romana Di Archeologia Socio Ordinario Delle Direzione Dell'Istituto Di Corrispondenza Archeologica Ed Aggregato Ai Socii Corrispondenti Di Altre Accademie Di Scienze E Belle Arti Di Diverse Cospicue Città Dell'Europa Opera Divisa In Tre Sezioni Risguardenti La Storia, La Teorica, E Le Pratiche Dell'Architettura Egiziana Greca Romana

Luigi Canina

RA Collection: Book

Record number

06/1927

Author

Luigi Canina

Variant Title

Architettura Egiziana
Architettura Greca
Architettura Romana

Imprint

Roma: Dai Tipi Dello Stesso Canina, 1839 (-1844)

Physical Description

3 vols.; 489 mm.

General Note

Vol. I: [iv], vii, [i] p., 197 [i.e. 203] pl. There are quater pl.1, ter pl. 113, bis pl.152. Plates 1-1d, 5, 6, 17, 18, 25, 28, 112, 144-6 are dble. - Vol. II: vii, [i]p., 168 [i.e. 179] pl. There are quater pl.50, ter pl. 7, 13, bis pl. 69, 77, 149, 162. Pl. 2 is dble. - Vol. III: viii p., 256 [i.e. 266] pl. There are quater pl.1, ter pl.4, bis pl. 5, 39, 108, 145, 237. Plates 2, 5a, 32, 33, 59, 62, 63, 84, 89-91, 101, 103, 105, 108, 108 bis, 117, 118, 126, 129, 135, 137, 145, 145 bis, 146-150, 155-8, 222, 223, 237, 237 bis are double.

Vol. I: [Half-t., t.p.] - [Divisional half-t., divisional t.p.] - Indice Delle Tavole Contenenti I Monumenti Della Sezione Prima Architettura Egiziana; Imprimatur - [Plates]. - Vol. II: [Divisional half-t., divisional t.p.] - Indice Delle Tavole Contenenti I Monumenti Della Sezione Seconda Architettura Greca; Imrimatur - [Plates]. - Vol. III: [Divisional half-t., divisional t.p.] - Indice Delle Tavole Contenenti I Monumenti Della Sezione Terza Architettura Romana; Imprimatur - [Plates].

Responsibility Note

The plates are unsigned.

The vignette on the general title-page is unsigned, as is that on the divisional title-page of Volume I. That on the divisional title-page of Volume II is signed as drawn by F. Ferrari and engraved by Filip. Cenci; that on the divisional title-page of Volume III is signed as by Cenci da Morghen.

References

RIBA, Early printed books, I (1994), no. 536, p.317.

G. Bendinelli, Luigi Canina (1795-1856): le opere e i tempi (1953), p.248, 337-44; S. Pasquali, 'Luigi Canina: architetto ed archeologo', in Rassegna, 55 (1993), p.44-51; W. Oechslin, 'Dekor und Architektur: Caninas Kritik an Paxtons Crystal Palace', in Kunstchronik, 30 (1977), p.120-22; C. Meeks, Italian architecture 1750-1914 (1966).

Summary Note

Besides the half-title and title-page of the whole work, which appear at the beginning of Volume I, each volume has its own divisional half-title and divisional title-page. The three divisional half-titles read, 'Architettura Antica Sezione I. Architettura Egiziana (II. Architettura Greca) (III. Architettura Romana) Monumenti'. The three divisional titlepages replace the word 'Antica' with the words 'Egiziana', 'Greca' and 'Romana' respectively. The publication-date of 1839 is given on the general title-page; the divisional title-pages carry the dates of (vol. I) 'Dell'Anno 1839 Al 1844', (vol. II) '1834-1841' and (Vol. III) '1830-1840'.

The plates of Volume I show not only Egyptian but also Persian, Middle Eastern, Indian and Chinese architecture. All three volumes include maps, plans, elevations, sections, views and architectural details.

These three volumes of plates were published to accompany volumes of text. (The text volumes were also issued in smaller, octavo, format.)

Provenance

24 January 1851: Ordered to be purchased '...the celebrated work on Italian architecture by Canina' (RA Council Minutes, X, 325-6).

Binding Note

19th-century half pigskin, blue cloth-covered boards; spines lettered 'Canina Architettura Tomo I. (-III.)' and 'R.A.'

Subject

Architecture - Architecture details - Public buildings - Temples - Houses - Egypt - Greece - Italy - Rome - Asia - Middle East - Iran - India - China - History
Art history - Plans - Elevations - Sections - Views - Maps - Italy - 19th century
Pictorial works - Italy - 19th century