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Carrozze - [Floriano. Antonio Principe del Liechtenstein]

Brief description and drawings of the carriages, 1694

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€ 300 - 400

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€ 320

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Information

Rome, Giovanni Giacomo Komarek, 1694. In 2 °. Elegant allegorical frontispiece with title surrounded by a frame of phytomorphic motifs and figures, followed by 13 tables (out of 25), two of which folded, finely engraved in copper by Antonio Creccolini and Vincent Hubert, scattered blooms and some stains, 1 folded table detached, binding coeval in hardcover to the rustic, some stain.

Specialist Notes

Rare edition dedicated by Giovanni Giacomo Komareck to the collection of carriages of Antonio Floriano Principe del & nbsp; Liechtenstein & nbsp; (1656 - 1721). The tables are a refined expression of the Italian Baroque.
"An arrival point, for the evolution of the Roman baroque carriage, is represented by the entrance of Antonio Floriano, prince of Liechtenstein, ambassador of the emperor in 1689 to the Holy See: engravings conducted by Antoni Creccolini and Hubert Vincent, which do not offer the identity of the creator of the drawings, reveal an undoubted suggestion from the inventions of Ferri for the entrances of the Medici and Este cardinals, conjugated with a new style of cabin, no longer rounded but with an upside-down truncated pyramid therefore more streamlined and sober [...] ". & nbsp; Royal carriages. Gala processions of popes princes and kings . Exhibition catalog, Venaria, (28 September - 2 February 2014), & nbsp; Silvana Editoriale, 2013.



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