Accession number
PML 152735.1-2
Creator
Quadri, Antonio.
Published
Venezia : dalla Tipografia Andreola, MDCCCXXVIII [1828]
Credit line
Bequest of Julia P. Wightman, 1994.
Notes
"Opera dedicata a S.A.I.R. il Serenissimo Arciduca Ranieri Vice-Re del Regno Lombardo-Veneto, Principe Imperiale ed Arciduca d'Austria ecc. ecc. ecc."--t.p.
Accordion folded panorama comprises 47 handcolored, numbered, engraved plates of Venetian views of buildings on the left, followed by views on the right banks of the Canal Grande, including Ponte di Rialto on plate 10, the Palazzo Reale on plate 37, and the Piazetta and Palazzo Ducale on plate 38. Descriptive captions in lower margins. Mounted on linen (PML 152735.2)
Accompanied by a 12 page text volume with title page, dedication page, "Descrizione del Canal Grande di Venezia", and one handcolored map, "Corso del Canal Grande di Venezia" (PML 152735.1)
Laid in a prospectus of Quadri's works printed between 1819 and 1831, including both the Canal Grande and the Piazza di S. Marco series - calling for 48 plates for the Canal series (the t.p. of which erroneously calls for 60 plates)
Housed with: Quadri, La Piazza di San Marco (PML 152736.1-2)
Accordion folded panorama comprises 47 handcolored, numbered, engraved plates of Venetian views of buildings on the left, followed by views on the right banks of the Canal Grande, including Ponte di Rialto on plate 10, the Palazzo Reale on plate 37, and the Piazetta and Palazzo Ducale on plate 38. Descriptive captions in lower margins. Mounted on linen (PML 152735.2)
Accompanied by a 12 page text volume with title page, dedication page, "Descrizione del Canal Grande di Venezia", and one handcolored map, "Corso del Canal Grande di Venezia" (PML 152735.1)
Laid in a prospectus of Quadri's works printed between 1819 and 1831, including both the Canal Grande and the Piazza di S. Marco series - calling for 48 plates for the Canal series (the t.p. of which erroneously calls for 60 plates)
Housed with: Quadri, La Piazza di San Marco (PML 152736.1-2)
Description
12, [2] pp., 1 panorama : ill. (handcolored engravings) ; 25 x 35 x 2 cm, folded; 25 x 1680 cm, open
Provenance
From the library of Julia P. Wightman.
Binding
Text in publisher's green paper boards, plates in publisher's brown paste paper portfolio, and both housed in publisher's green paper slip-case, title gilt. Housed with Quadri's Piazza di San Marco in modern green 1/4 green morocco box, stamped 19J[ulia]PW[ightman]46.
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