Live auction - Lot 614
[Italy - Venice]
Forestiero illuminato intorno les cose più rare, e curiose, antiche, e moderne, della città di Venezia, e dell'isole circonvicine [...]. Opera adornata di molte bellissime vedute in rame [...].
Venice, G.B. Albrizzi, 1772
Hammer price: €
220
€ 200 / 300
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Lot description
2 vol., sm. 8vo: [16 (of 18)]-viii-1/188, 189/429-[11] pp.; 42 pl. (front. missing, foxing, sometimes extensive, sl. stains to p. 239, marg. tear strengthened to pl. p. 1, pl. p. 55 blurred, marg. tear to pl. p. 3, sl. damp stain to upper corners at the end of vol. II).
Mod. half marbled leather, marbled paper covers, gilt-orn. spines with raised bands.
Travel guide for Venice (1st: 1740) by the printer and publisher Albrizzi (1698-1777). Illustrated with 42 plates: 26 on double page and 16 on single page.
Prov. Mod. armorial bookpl.