Full title: Raphael’s Cartoons in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen and the Tapestries for the Sistine Chapel. John Shearman. 1972. Hardcover with dust jacket. Many black and white as well as color pictures. 258 pages. 1,430 grams. John Shearman (1931-2003) was the leading expert on Raphael in the second half of the 20th century. A student, and subsequently…
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La Curiosità di Roma
Willy Pocino. softcover, 494 pagine, Indice dei nomi. peso 540 grammi. Questo libro presenta, sotto forma di un itinerario alfabetico-toponomastico, i piccoli, numerosissimi tasselli che costituiscono il grande mosaico di una Roma segreta e misteriosa, nell’intento di guidare il lettore alla scoperta di una dimensione cittadina quasi sconosciuta. Condition – slight yellowing around page edges. €5.
Rome. Oxford Archeological guides
Amanda Claridge, 1998. softcover, 455 pages. weighs 582 grams. Some underlining, mainly clean copy. €5. An indispensable guide to all significant monuments in Rome dating from 800 BC to 600 AD. Included are such breathtaking structures as the Capitoline Hill, the Roman Forum, the Colosseum, the Mausoleums of Augustus and Hadrian, the Circus Maximus, and the Catacombs. Divided into twelve…
Il Palazzo del quirinale la storia, le sale e le collezioni
Brossura, pagine 265 in carta patinata, riccamente illustrato a colori, formato 24,5 X 17 cm., in 8°. Prefazione di Giorgio Napolitano. Introduzione storica di Louis Godart. Contributi di: Francesco Colalucci, Loretta Dolcini, Alessandra Ghidoli, Marco Lattanzi, Maria Giuseppina Lauro, Luisa Morozzi, Maria Rovigatti, Maria Angela San Mauro. Fotografie di Giovanni Ricci Novara. A cura di Luciana del Buono. Volume in…
Galleria Borghese (guida)
Touring Club Italiano, Paolo Moreno, Chiara Stefani. Anno 2000.softcover, 415 pagine. peso 480 g. €10. Celebri tesori d’arte arredano gli inimitabili scenari di una dimora principesca: alla Galleria Borghese è dedicata questa guida, realizzata con la collaborazione della Soprintendenza per i Beni Artistici e Storici di Roma e della Direzione del Museo. L’itinerario di visita si snoda attraverso le sale…
Guide to the Doria Pamphilj Gallery
by Arti Doria Pamphilj, 1997. trans. Brendan Withe. 97 pages, softcover. minor underlining. €5.
Soprintendenza Archeologica di Roma
Domus Aurea, English Edition. Soprintendenza Archeologica di Roma, Electa. Softcover, 102 pages. clean – no underlining. €5. The Valley of the Colosseum. Soprintendenza Archeologica di Roma, Electa. Softcover, 53 pages. Some underlining. €4. Must buy with something else. The Roman Forum. Soprintendenza Archeologica di Roma, Electa. Softcover, 73 pages. clean, no marks. €4. Must buy with…
Autobiography St. Teresa of Avila
TAN books. 2012 edition. Paperback: 560 p. English. 216 x 140 mm. Peso: 748 gr. binding is good. Like new. €10. There exists only about 5 autobiographies of saints. This is believed to be her first draft, having no time to go back and make corrections or clarifications. Excellent introduction to her life and thought. Carmelite spirituality is based on…
Art of the Byzantine Era
David Talbot Rice. softcover, 286 pages. 1 page has 1 line underlined. €15. For the people of Byzantium, their architectural works, frescoes, mosaics, ivories, chalices, bejeweled gospel covers and many other opulent works of art were the material proof of their greatness and power over the Mediterranean states. The vast range of these riches is illustrated in this complete account…
The Incorruptibles
Joan Carroll Cruz. €5. Continuously popular since it first appeared in 1977, this book remains the acknowledged classic on the bodies of Saints that did not undergo decomposition after death, many remaining fresh and flexible for years, or even centuries. After explaining both natural and artificial mummification, the author shows that the incorruption of the Saints bodies fits into neither…