TERRENI, Giuseppe Maria. Raccolta delle più belle vedute della città e porto di Livorno. Livorno, G.M. Terreni, 1783.
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Start Price 5 000 €
Description
folio oblung, mm. 365x455; contemporary half calf and card binding decorated with geometric patterns etched in woodcuts, bookplates Ferdinand Dufour contropiatto glued to the front; Front., Dedication inc., City map and 17 plates numbered plates, engraved copper; the big table with the view of Livorno is about double sheet and is numbered 9-10; in the end the other large table folded bearing the tit. "View of the city and the port of Livorno." In total a panel engraved with the dedication and 19 boards engraved copper.
ORIGINAL EDITION BEAUTIFUL FIGURED.
The work is dedicated to the Grand Duke of Tuscany Pietro Leopoldo, contains 18 views of the city in which you feel the influence of Giuseppe Zocchi and Jakob Philipp Hackert.
The boards are recorded by several artists, Berardi, Daniotto, Fambrini, Galli and Nerici.
The specimen is enriched by the magnificent large table added in the end, which is not part of the work. This is the "View of the city and the port of Livorno", engraved by Giuseppe Texts designer Giovanni Nascio. It is a very rare and beautiful panoramic view of the city taken from the sea, with the old fortress and some vessels in the foreground: at the foot written in Italian and English with the names of the two artists; the table is folded and measure mm. 450x710. We found a single copy of this recording, at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
Moreni II, p. 390; Museum number: E.540-1950
Diffuse bruniture, esemplare genuino..
ORIGINAL EDITION BEAUTIFUL FIGURED.
The work is dedicated to the Grand Duke of Tuscany Pietro Leopoldo, contains 18 views of the city in which you feel the influence of Giuseppe Zocchi and Jakob Philipp Hackert.
The boards are recorded by several artists, Berardi, Daniotto, Fambrini, Galli and Nerici.
The specimen is enriched by the magnificent large table added in the end, which is not part of the work. This is the "View of the city and the port of Livorno", engraved by Giuseppe Texts designer Giovanni Nascio. It is a very rare and beautiful panoramic view of the city taken from the sea, with the old fortress and some vessels in the foreground: at the foot written in Italian and English with the names of the two artists; the table is folded and measure mm. 450x710. We found a single copy of this recording, at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
Moreni II, p. 390; Museum number: E.540-1950
Diffuse bruniture, esemplare genuino..
