Description
Pitture di Antonio Allegri detto Il Correggio esistenti in Parma nel Monistero di San Paolo. Parma: Regal Palazzo, MDCCC. Co. Tipi Bodoniani, Giambattista Bodoni, 3 parts in one volume, folio (450 x 295mm.), [4], 8, [2], 27, [4], [4], 14, [2], 43, [6], 11, [2], 33, [2]; engraved title "Pitture del Correggio" & 34 stipple-engraved plates, modern tan morocco-backed patterned boards, preliminary leaves slightly spotted and slightly discoloured, slight spotting to plates, bookplate of C.E. De M.K.
Footnote
Note: Plate [1] is an overview of four sections of the vault, showing the arbour, four ovals, four lunettes and part of the frieze; pl. [2] shows Diana; the sixteen pl. [3-18] show the sixteen ovals, with putti; the sixteen pl. [19-34] show the sixteen lunettes and frieze. All plates except the first are printed in 'sanguine'.