In the Architect’s Room. Deciphering a well-known source on Vittone’s Library

Authors

  • Giusi Andreina Perniola

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14633/AHR322

Keywords:

Bernardo Antonio Vittone's library, prohibited books, circulation of books in the mid-18th century, architectural treatises

Abstract

The aim of this essay is to provide new insight on Bernardo Antonio Vittone (1704-1770), which may emerge by scrutinizing elusive marks and descriptions from the post mortem inventory of his books. The transcription of a list of books is a cultural “translation”, and the attempt of contextualizing such a standard practice pushes us, on the one hand to question what is known on the marketing and diffusion of Vittone’s printed works (Istruzioni elementari, Istruzioni diverse) and, on the other, to consider the limits imposed on the circulation of books in the States of the King of Sardinia. What influence, if any, did censorship have on Vittone’s library and on his publications? Among the printed works owned by the architect, five were recognized as belonging to the lists of prohibited books; and nevertheless, the bookseller Gian Battista Scotto assigned a price to each one of them.

Downloads

Published

2022-03-25

How to Cite

Perniola, G. A. (2022). In the Architect’s Room. Deciphering a well-known source on Vittone’s Library. ArcHistoR Architecture History Restoration - Architettura Storia Restauro, 8(15), 146–189. https://doi.org/10.14633/AHR322

Issue

ArcHistoR (Extra n.8/2021): Vittone 250. L’atelier dell’architetto

Section

vuoto1

License

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. 

ArchIstoR is published on the web in open access. 

Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:

  • authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0 Generic License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
  • Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
  • Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).

Most read articles by the same author(s)

Obs.: This plugin requires at least one statistics/report plugin to be enabled. If your statistics plugins provide more than one metric then please also select a main metric on the admin's site settings page and/or on the journal manager's settings pages.