New York Rizzoli 1980 First edition Hardcover Near fine/near fine Quarto. (11" x 10") Catalogue Raisonne' including previously unpublished documents by Francesco Quinterio. Translated by Robert Erich Wolf. 382 pages, 407 illustrations, including 17 in color. Small tear at bottom corner of jacket.

New York: Rizzoli, Date: 1980. First edition. Hardcover. near fine/near fine. Quarto. (11" x 10") Catalogue Raisonne' including previously unpublished documents by Francesco Quinterio. Translated by Robert Erich Wolf. 382 pages, 407 illustrations, including 17 in color. Small tear at bottom corner of jacket. 1980. Rizzoli ISBN 0847805093 9780847805099 [US]

First US edition. Translation by Robert Erich Wolf of "Bernini architetto" (Electa, 1980), with a catalogue raisonne, including previously unpublished documents by Francesco Quinterio. Large-format volume, measuring approximately 10.25" x 11.5", is bound in black cloth, with stamped white lettering to spine and front cover. Book is new. Dust jacket displays very light shelfwear, with small closed tear at top spine edge. Lavishly illustrated with numerous full-page b&w and color illustrations, as well as a large number of in-text illustrations. Text appears in double columns. Preserved in black cardboard slipcase. 378 pages.Contents:IntroiboVersus architecture, or the union of the artsLife as marvelCentralityThe instruments of the marvelousOf the classical orders, or "Going beyond the rule"Workshop and enterpriseTwo themes and a corollaryA catalogue raisonné of the architectural worksPreviously unpublished documents Date: 1983. Rizzoli ISBN 0847805093 9780847805099 [US]