Angelo Uggeri - Journées pittoresques des édifices de la Rome ancienne - 1817

Picturesque Days of the Buildings of Ancient Rome, by the Abbé-Architect Ange Uggeri, Milanese

Collation complete of his 50 plates, some of which are folding.

Third volume.

This book offers an exploration of the monuments of ancient Rome through a descriptive, artistic, and archaeological approach. The author presents the main edifices while detailing their architectural characteristics. The work is part of the tradition of scholarly publications devoted to the study and promotion of ancient heritage.

Ange Uggeri, architect and archaeologist, stands out for a method that blends field observation with graphic restitution. His work places significant emphasis on visual representations of the monuments, allowing one to grasp their shapes, proportions, and state of conservation. His style combines technical precision with aesthetic sensibility, in a desire to make knowledge of ancient architecture accessible. Thus this book constitutes an important testimony on the study of Roman ruins and their interpretation at the time of their rediscovery.

1817, 32 x 24 cm, 52 pages. Half-leather binding in tobacco brown, smooth spine with gilt title. Binding worn and stained. Foxing.