Pirro Ligorio: Artist and Antiquarian

Florence, Italy: Silvana Editoriale, 1988. Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, red cloth lettered in gold, no dust-jacket as issued. 304 pages. List of Frequently Cited Sources; Selective Index, etc. Preface by Craig H. Smyth. Foreword and Introduction by Robert Gaston. Illustrated with architectural drawings, sketches, engravings and photographs. First edition. Pirro Ligorio was an Italian architect, painter and antiquarian who was influential in the rediscovery of the architecture of ancient Rome and was Michelangelo's successor as chief architect of St. Peters after the latter's death. The present volume represents seven papers presented at the seminar held to commemorate the four-hundredth anniversary of his death and is the tenth title in th series for Italian Renaissance Studies published by the Harvard University Center. No previous ownership marks. A clean, fresh unmarked and like new copy. As new. .