‎PASSAVANT, J.D.‎
‎Rafael von Urbino und sein Vater Giovanni Santi. In Zwei Theilen mit vierzehn Abbildungen. (+) Dritter Theil mit fünf Abbildungen. (3 Bde.).‎

‎Leipzig, Brockhaus, 1839-58. 3 nice uniform contemp. hcalf., raised bands gilt spines with gilt lettering. XXXV,592705,(2)X,346 pp. Titlepage to vol 1 calls for 14 plates, these are not present (not published), Vol. 3 has 5 plates, numb.XIV-XVIII. Brownspots to one plate. Clean and fine.‎

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‎Very scarce first edition of this biography of Raphael which became a hall-mark of documentary research, developing three principal genres of art-writing, The scholarly artistic Biography, The aesthetic Travelogue and The reference Survey.‎