[MANUSCRIPT] FORESTANI, Giambattista. Modo di conoscere le Costellazioni in Cielo. Anno MDCCCIX. Vicenza, 1809 [Nella dedica: li 29 aprile 1820].
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Manuscrpted vol. folio, mm. 355x240; Contemporary half calf binding, spine with 5 ribs, gildd titles and rules; pp. 6 nn., with Titlepage, Dedication, Introduction, XXXIX plates drawed in red and black, with descriptive text, pp. 4 nn., 3 bl. On the verso of dedication Heavenly Planisphere. Elegant italic handwriting laid on strong paper.
UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPT, BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED, dedicated by the author to "Nob. Mr Benedict de Giuliani Intendant of Finance - Paderno ", dated" Vicenza 29 April 1820 ". It contains the detailed depiction, drawn in brown and red ink, the XXXIX constellations of the northern hemisphere, described in the parallel text. Like Forestani says in his dedicatory, the material for this atlas manuscript was assembled by his uncle Giovanni Battista Trecco, and proceeds from the Heavenly Atlas of Flamsteed. Giovanni Battista Trecco, Vicenza, was an agronomist, engraver, writer and inventor. The Author wrote works accompanied by engraved plates, including "Cultivation and flax government Marzuolo" and "Rules of thumb to draw the alphabets"; in 1779 he invented and built by Christopher Dalley a large and sophisticated press that could be used to impress even the imperial leaf.
Allegato al manoscritto un piccolo carteggio intrattenuto tra l'autore, divenuto in seguito “Segretario della Regia Intendenza delle Finanze della Provincia di Verona”, e Benedetto de Giuliani, Capo Sezione, in merito a vicende relative alle rispettive attività professionali; le lettere si estendono dal 1820 al 1836.
Su G.B. Trecco: Sara Balbitu, La biblioteca ritrovata: il fondo libraio dell’Accademia di agricoltura di Vicenza; Giornale Enciclopedico, tomo II, febbraio 1779, pp.87-88.
Nice and fresh specimen.
UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPT, BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED, dedicated by the author to "Nob. Mr Benedict de Giuliani Intendant of Finance - Paderno ", dated" Vicenza 29 April 1820 ". It contains the detailed depiction, drawn in brown and red ink, the XXXIX constellations of the northern hemisphere, described in the parallel text. Like Forestani says in his dedicatory, the material for this atlas manuscript was assembled by his uncle Giovanni Battista Trecco, and proceeds from the Heavenly Atlas of Flamsteed. Giovanni Battista Trecco, Vicenza, was an agronomist, engraver, writer and inventor. The Author wrote works accompanied by engraved plates, including "Cultivation and flax government Marzuolo" and "Rules of thumb to draw the alphabets"; in 1779 he invented and built by Christopher Dalley a large and sophisticated press that could be used to impress even the imperial leaf.
Allegato al manoscritto un piccolo carteggio intrattenuto tra l'autore, divenuto in seguito “Segretario della Regia Intendenza delle Finanze della Provincia di Verona”, e Benedetto de Giuliani, Capo Sezione, in merito a vicende relative alle rispettive attività professionali; le lettere si estendono dal 1820 al 1836.
Su G.B. Trecco: Sara Balbitu, La biblioteca ritrovata: il fondo libraio dell’Accademia di agricoltura di Vicenza; Giornale Enciclopedico, tomo II, febbraio 1779, pp.87-88.
Nice and fresh specimen.
