Studio di pittura, scoltura, et architettura nelle chiese di Roma / dell' Abb[ate] Filippo Titi da città di Castello, dottore dell'vna, el'altra legge, proton[otario apost[olico] ; nel quale si hà notitiz di tutti gl'artefici che hanno iui operato ; con vna breue introduttione delle fondationi, e ristori delle medesime chiese, e strada facile per ritrouarle.

Main entry:

Titi, Filippo.

Title & Author:

Publication:

In Roma : Per il Mancini, 1674.

Description:

[24], 477, [3] pages ; 17 cm (12mo)

Notes:
Signatures: [maltese cross]¹² A-V¹².
Last leaf (V12) is blank.
Woodcuts: small ornamental initials.
Text printed in roman type.
Includes index of names of churches.
Rossetti, S. Rome: a bibliography, volume 1 (Guide books), no. G-860
Schudt, L. Guide di Roma, 280
National union catalog, pre-1956 imprints, 595:210

Summary:

First edition of a pocket guide to the art and architecture of Rome. Titi's guide, considered the first in the long tradition of such guides addressed to the secular tourist rather than the religious pilgrim, provides a descriptive inventory of the contents of over 240 churches and monasteries, as well as information relevant to attribution, building history, patronage and contemporary taste.

Subject:

Church architecture Italy Rome Early works to 1800.
Church buildings Italy Rome Early works to 1800.
Sculpture, Italian Italy Rome Early works to 1800.
Art, Italian Italy Rome Early works to 1800.
Art Italy Rome Early works to 1800.
Architecture chrétienne Italie Rome Ouvrages avant 1800.
Sculpture italienne Italie Rome Ouvrages avant 1800.
Art italien Italie Rome Ouvrages avant 1800.
Sculpture, Italian.
Art.
Art, Italian.
Church architecture.
Church buildings.
Rome (Italy) Guidebooks Early works to 1800.
Italy Rome.

Form/genre:

travel guidebooks.
Guidebooks.
Early works.
Guides touristiques.

Added entries:

Mancini, Filippo Maria, active 1664-1675, printer.

Stvdio di pittvra, scoltvra, et architettvra nelle chiese di Roma

Holdings:

Location: Library cage y 112912
Call No.: NA5620.A1.T5 (ID:96-B2252)
Status: Available

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