LIONI, Ottavio - Lot 52

LIONI, Ottavio Rittrati di alcuni celebri pittori del secolo XVII. Rome, Antonio de' Rossi, 1731 TWELVE VIES BY CELEBRATED PAINTERS OF THE XVIIth CENTURY, IN ORIGINAL BINDINGS. PARTLY ORIGINAL EDITION In-8 (237 x 170 mm). Title in red and black, woodcut headbands and initials. COLLATION: a4 A-Z4 2A-L4, i.e. 4 ff. n. ch., 272 pp. CONTENTS: a1r title, a2r [Address and disclaimer], A1r Vita del cavaliere Ottavio Lioni, A3r Vita di Ludovico Lioni, B1r Vita de Tommaso Salini, B3r Vita de Cristoforo Roncalli, C3r Vita d'Antonio Tempesta, E1r Vita de Marcello Provenzale, E3r Vita de Giuseppe Cesari d'Arpino, G3r Vita de Simon Vouet, H4r Vita de Gio. Baglione, K2r Vita by Francesco Barbieri after Carlo Cesare Malvasia, Q2r Vita del cavaliere Gio. Lorenzo Bernino, T2r Vita de Carlo Maratti after Gian Pietro Bellori, 2I3r Dafne trasformata in lauro Pittura del Signor Carlo Maratti ILLUSTRATION: 12 intaglio engraved hors-texte plates, eleven by Ottavio Lioni and dated between 1621 and 1625, the twelfth without author, 3 half-page woodcuts depicting medals by painters Simon Vouet, Le Bernin and Carlo Maratti, including 2 signed by Fücher CONTEMPORARY BINDING. Red morocco, gilt decoration, framed with lace and small irons, supra-libris on the first plate "Caissoti", ornate ribbed spine, red morocco lining and endpapers, gilt edges. Box PROVENANCE: Carlo Francesco Giacinto Caissotti di Chiusano (1754-1831; supra-libris) -- Pierre Jammes (Paris, October 12-13, 2010, no. 155) Slight rubbing to hinges, restoration at foot, a few browned sections. Rittrati di alcuni celebri pittori is a compilation of biographies of painters, some unpublished at the time, such as those of Cristoforo Roncalli and Giovanni Baglione, and others taken from existing works, such as that of Bernini, published in 1682. Simon Vouet's is anonymous. Some of these lives are highly developed, particularly those of Bernini and Maratti. Of these eleven portraits, signed by Ottavio Lioni and dated from 1621 to 1625, Bartsch describes only ten. This copy belonged to Carlo Caissotti, a man devoted to the French Revolution and the Empire. He had assembled a Museo of antique objects and medals, which was dispersed in 1834 with a catalog. His very rich library was auctioned off in 1837, without a catalog. BIBLIOGRAPHY : Bartsch, XVII, 246