Santa Maria Del Fiore: La Costruzione Della Chiesa E Del Campanile : Secondo I Documenti Tratti Dall'archivio Dell'opera Secolare E Da Quello Di Stato
Firenze: Dalla Tipografia di M. Ricci, 1887. First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo, in modern cream-gray linen with leather spine label (which is rubbed and worn), pages tanning, ownership inscription from Franklin Toker and his wife, with numerous post-it notes and 14 pages of typewritten notes by Toker on this book. Toker, a distinguished professor of architecture and urban studies at the University of Pittsburgh was known locally for his studies of Frank Lloyd Wright and Pittsburgh, but his reputation abroad was founded on his work on the Santa Maria Del Fiore church, its architecture and archaeology; he was the author/editor of at least two major volumes on the church and on Florentine architecture, so this book would have been a fundamental part of his research. 321 pp. Very good. Item #H30909
Price: $45.00