I Palazzi di Rubens

Luigi Speranza

PETER PAUL RUBENS (1577-1640), Palazzi . di Genova. Antwerp: Enrico e Cornelio Verdusson, 1708.

This architectural pattern book, containing

over 130 plans and facades conforming

to the rules of Greek and Roman architecture, was

Rubens' only work on pure architecture.


It was first issued as a series of plates in two parts,

"Palazzi Moderni di Genova"

and

"Palazzi Antichi di Genova", in 1622.

Subsequent editions appeared in 1652 and 1663.