Descrizione delle pitture, sculture, e architetture esposte al pubblico di Roma: Opera/ cominciata dall'abate Filippo Titi.; con l'aggiunta di quanto è stato fatto di nouvo fino all' anno presente.

Title with vign., head- and tail-pieces, decorative initials. XII, 487 pp., (1 blank leaf), 108 pp. 12mo. Contemporary boards (worn). Rome, Marco Pagliarini, 1763. First published c. 90 years earlier under the title: Studio di pittura, scoltura et architettura, this is the first pocket guide for amateurs to the art and architecture of Rome. Aimed at an audience of secular tourists rather than religious pilgrims, this guide is organized from the standpoint of geographical rather than devotional convenience. It is of the greatest interest to the historian of Baroque art and architecture, as it provides a descriptive inventory of the contents of over 240 churches and monasteries and contains information relevant to attribution, building history, patronage and contemporary taste. Includes bibliogr. references and indexes. Most copies of this pocket guide were working copies by their very nature, and have been used to pieces. According to Schlosser, it remained the standard guide to Rome in the eighteenth century, and as such, was one of the formative sources for the trend of the "Grand Tour".- A clean copy. - Schlosser, pp. 544, 600; cf. Cicognara 3891; Marco Lattanzi, "La prima grande vera guida di Roma," in F. Prinzi, ed., Filippo Titti, Descrizione delle pitture (1978), pp. 5-10; OCLC 3880564. ART & ARCHITECTURE & ARCHAEOLOGY ; ITALY ; GEOGRAPHY:TRAVEL ;