Accession number
PML 152736.1-2
Creator
Quadri, Antonio.
Published
Venezia : dalla Tipografia di Commercio, MDCCCXXXI [1831]
Credit line
Bequest of Julia P. Wightman, 1994.
Notes
"Ricinto della Piazza e Piazzetta di San Marco"--plate II.
"Veduta presa dal Molo della Piazetta verso la Ra. Zecca"--plate XIV.
Accordion-folded panorama comprises 16 handcolored, numbered, copper-engraved plates of monuments and buildings surrounding the San Marco Piazza and Piazetta. Descriptive captions in lower margins. Mounted on linen (PML 152736.2)
Accompanied by a 33 page text volume with title page and a list of contents and plates (PML 152736.1)
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.
Housed with Quadri, Il Canal Grande di Venezia (PML 152735.1-2)
"Veduta presa dal Molo della Piazetta verso la Ra. Zecca"--plate XIV.
Accordion-folded panorama comprises 16 handcolored, numbered, copper-engraved plates of monuments and buildings surrounding the San Marco Piazza and Piazetta. Descriptive captions in lower margins. Mounted on linen (PML 152736.2)
Accompanied by a 33 page text volume with title page and a list of contents and plates (PML 152736.1)
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.
Housed with Quadri, Il Canal Grande di Venezia (PML 152735.1-2)
Description
[4], 33 pp., 1 panorama : ill. (handcol. engravings) ; 25 x 37 x 1 cm, folded; 25 x 666 cm, open
Provenance
From the library of Julia P. Wightman.
Binding
Text in publisher's green paper boards, plates in publisher's green paste paper portfolio, and both housed in publisher's green paper slip-case, title gilt; housed with Quadri's Canal Grande in modern green 1/4 green morocco box, stamped 19J[ulia]PW[ightman]46.
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