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 II

People:

Georges Rohault de Fleury (author)

Title:

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 II

Date:

printed 1874

Description:

- 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.

Form:
books

Quantity / Object type:
1 book(s)

Stage and Purpose:

record drawings

Technique and media:

Text in letterpress printing on wove paper

Dimensions:

book: 35.5 x 26.4 cm

Reference number:

DR1974:0002:040

Drawing Type:

line drawings

Document Type:

architectural guidebook
books

Method of Projection:

pictorial drawings

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

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

Inscription:

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

Location:

Tuscany; Italy;

Subject:

architecture
military

Subject Descriptive Terms:

bas-relief
tomb
towers (building divisions)
city gates
buildings
towers (single built works)
manuscripts

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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