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‎Vite de' Pittori, Scultori, ed Architetti Napoletani. Non mai date alla luce da Autore alcano. 3 volumes in 2‎

‎Dominici, Bernardo De: Vite de' Pittori, Scultori, ed Architetti Napoletani. Non mai date alla luce da Autore alcano. 3 volumes in 2. Naples: Stamperia del Ricciardi, 1742; 1743; 1745 (the date 1743 has a printed paste over dated 1745. 3 volumes in 2, quarto. Early-19th century quarter calf, spines gilt in compartments, red morocco labels, marbled boards. Portrait frontispiece of the author to volume I, tailpieces. Bindings rubbed with a little wear at the extremities, front hinge of volume 3 cracked, significant browning and foxing to contents, lower corner of the title to volume II torn and repaired with loss of text. Very good condition. First edition of this important collection of Neapolitan art biographies compiled in response to Vasari's 'cursory reference' to the region's artistic traditions (Astarita, A Companion to Early Modern Naples, p. 318). Author Berndaro de Dominici (1683-1759) was the son of the painter Raimondo de Dominici and became an artist himself, living and working for many years in the household of the Duke and Duchess di Laurenzano, though no examples of his work have been identified. By 1721 he had begun compiling biographical notices on painters known to his father and to himself, and he published a life of Giordano that appeared as part of Bellori's Le Vitte de' Pittori, Scultori et Architetti Moderni in 1728. The Laurenzano household was a gathering place for the Neapolitan branch of the Accademia dell' Arcadia, a literary and philosophical society, which gave Dominici access to a number of scholars who influenced his philosophical outlook and assisted him with research for his books, particularly this, his major work. 'The Vite presents the history of art in Naples, from its mythic origins in late antiquity up to the mid-18th century, as a progressive development culminating in the work of Solimena⊠The material for the Vite was drawn from oral tradition, artists' memoirs, local guide books, histories, and many non-Neapolitan sources. There was little accurate information available for the period before the 16th century, hence the book is generally unreliable with regard to ancient, Medieval, and early Renaissance artists. Within ten years of his death de Dominici was accused of invention and in the late 19th century was deemed wholly unreliable. This attitude has been revised after new research on the later periods and especially on Solimena, and the Vite is now regarded as indispensable for any study of 17th and 18th-century art in Naples. Scholars are gradually exploiting the information the book provides on art collecting, art restoration, theatre and music' (Dictionary of Art. Vol. 9 p.120). Text in Italian.‎

‎First edition of this important collection of Neapolitan art biographies compiled in response to Vasari's 'cursory reference' to the region's artistic traditions (Astarita, A Companion to Early Modern Naples, p. 318). Author Berndaro de Dominici (1683-1759) was the son of the painter Raimondo de Dominici and became an artist himself, living and working for many years in the household of the Duke and Duchess di Laurenzano, though no examples of his work have been identified. By 1721 he had begun compiling biographical notices on painters known to his father and to himself, and he published a life of Giordano that appeared as part of Bellori's Le Vitte de' Pittori, Scultori et Architetti Moderni in 1728. The Laurenzano household was a gathering place for the Neapolitan branch of the Accademia dell' Arcadia, a literary and philosophical society, which gave Dominici access to a number of scholars who influenced his philosophical outlook and assisted him with research for his books, particularly this, his major work. 'The Vite presents the history of art in Naples, from its mythic origins in late antiquity up to the mid-18th century, as a progressive development culminating in the work of Solimena⊠The material for the Vite was drawn from oral tradition, artists' memoirs, local guide books, histories, and many non-Neapolitan sources. There was little accurate information available for the period before the 16th century, hence the book is generally unreliable with regard to ancient, Medieval, and early Renaissance artists. Within ten years of his death de Dominici was accused of invention and in the late 19th century was deemed wholly unreliable. This attitude has been revised after new research on the later periods and especially on Solimena, and the Vite is now regarded as indispensable for any study of 17th and 18th-century art in Naples. Scholars are gradually exploiting the information the book provides on art collecting, art restoration, theatre and music' (Dictionary of Art. Vol. 9 p.120). Text in Italian‎

‎Artisti che non si direbbon di primo seggio. Comprimari (o protagonisti?) della scultura barocca tra Firenze e Roma‎

‎Bacchi, A., and D. K. Marignoli: Artisti che non si direbbon di primo seggio. Comprimari (o protagonisti?) della scultura barocca tra Firenze e Roma. 2025. 144 pages. Paperback. 30 x 21cms. Documentation of the 2023 conference on Baroque sculpture in between Florence and Rome. Discussing Valerio Cioli's Cristo Crocifisso for the Pieratti brothers, Vicenzo Foggini's Samson in the V&A, the sculptures in the church of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Monteluco, and the stucco decoration in Santa Maria dell'Orazione e Morte in Rome, amongst other subjects. Text in Italian.‎

‎Documentation of the 2023 conference on Baroque sculpture in between Florence and Rome. Discussing Valerio Cioli's Cristo Crocifisso for the Pieratti brothers, Vicenzo Foggini's Samson in the V&A, the sculptures in the church of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Monteluco, and the stucco decoration in Santa Maria dell'Orazione e Morte in Rome, amongst other subjects. Text in Italian‎

‎Non-Attic Greek Vase Inscriptions‎

‎Wachter, Rudolf: Non-Attic Greek Vase Inscriptions. Oxford: 2001. 397 pages with 140 monochrome illustrations. Hardback. 28.5 x 22.5cms. Up-to-date scholarly catalogue and commentary on a highly important corpus of material in the context of the vase paintings and associated myths to which many of these inscriptions are attached.‎

‎Up-to-date scholarly catalogue and commentary on a highly important corpus of material in the context of the vase paintings and associated myths to which many of these inscriptions are attached. Text in English‎

‎Excavations at Kition - IV: The non-Cypriote pottery‎

‎Karageorghis, V., et al.: Excavations at Kition - IV: The non-Cypriote pottery. 1981. 107 pages, LVI monochrome plates. Hardback.‎

‎L'Univers Akan des Poids a Peser l'Or / The Akan World of Gold Weights. 1. Les Poids non figuratifs / Abstract Design Weights. 2. Les Poids figuratifs / The Figurative Weights. 3. Les Poids dans la SociÃtà / The Weights and Society. 3 volume boxed set‎

‎Niangoran-Bouah, G: L'Univers Akan des Poids a Peser l'Or / The Akan World of Gold Weights. 1. Les Poids non figuratifs / Abstract Design Weights. 2. Les Poids figuratifs / The Figurative Weights. 3. Les Poids dans la SociÃtà / The Weights and Society. 3 volume boxed set. Abidjan: Nouvelles Editions Africaines, 1984 - 87. In all over 950 pages with hundreds of colour and black-and-white plates and illustrations. Hardback. 30.5x23.5cms. Text in English and French.‎

‎Text in English and French‎