• Georges Rohault de Fleury (author)

LETTRES SUR LA TOSCANE / EN 1400 / ARCHITECTURE CIVILE ET MILITAIRE / PAR / M. GEORGES ROHAULT DE FLEURY / MEMBRE DES ACADÉMIES DES BEAUX-ARTS DE FLORENCE ET DE PISE / TOME Ier

printed 1874

- One of two volumes of a history of Tuscan civil and military architecture to 1400, this publication includes several chapters on major cities such as Florence and Pisa with accounts of their important buildings, as well as discussions of many of the smaller towns in Tuscany. The text is accompanied by photomechanical illustrations, mostly sketches of scenes from bas-reliefs and manuscripts, but also including some illustrations of built structures.

• record drawings

Text in letterpress printing on wove paper

book: 35.4 x 26.5 x 2.2 cm

DR1974:0002:039

• line drawings

• maps
• architectural guidebook
• books

• pictorial drawings

- A book bound with a grey wove paper cover. Many of the folios remain uncut.

imprinted - in letterpress, on the title page, u.c.: with title; on the cover, u.c.: with alternate title

Tuscany; Italy;

• architecture
• militaire

• bas-reliefs
• palace
• towers (building divisions)
• city gates
• buildings
• towers (single built works)
• heraldic motifs
• manuscripts