Accession number
PML 76248
Creator
Quadri, Antonio.
Published
Venezia : dalla Tipografia di Commercio, MDCCCXXXI [1831]
Credit line
Gift of Paul Mellon, 1979.
Notes
"Edizione posta sotto la salvaguardia della Legge"--p. [2]
"Opera dedicata a S.A.I.R. il Serenissimo Arciduca Ranieri, Vice-Re del Regno Lombardo - Veneto"--t.p.
Half title, handwritten in black ink, with handcolored engraving of Ponte di Rialto by G. Borsato, engraved by F. Guliani.
Mellon no.: T168.6.
"Opera dedicata a S.A.I.R. il Serenissimo Arciduca Ranieri, Vice-Re del Regno Lombardo - Veneto"--t.p.
Half title, handwritten in black ink, with handcolored engraving of Ponte di Rialto by G. Borsato, engraved by F. Guliani.
Mellon no.: T168.6.
Description
[2], 12 pp., [1] map, [47] leaves of plates : ill. (handcol. engravings) ; 27 x 43 cm
Provenance
From the collection of Paul Mellon.
Binding
The 47 plates were originally issued as an accordion-folded panorama. They have been cut and bound together with the map and text in 1/2 red morocco, gilt, with engraved tan paper covers and handwritten title in black ink. In a modern red cloth slip case by James Mcdonald Co. New York City, labeled 1821 [sic].
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