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Carlo Giuseppe Ratti

Education of the most beautiful things to be seen in Genoa in painting, sculpture and architecture, 1766

Estimate

€ 150 - 200

Sold

€ 387

The price includes buyer's premium

Information

Genoa, Paolo and Adamo Scionico, 1766. In 8°. The plan is missing, otherwise an excellent copy, contemporary calfskin binding, gilt frames on the plates and gold title on the spine within a red gusset, gilt edges. § Federigo Alizeri. Artistic guide for the City of Genoa. Genoa, Grondona, 1846. In 8th, only the first vol. Full-page illustrations in the text. Together in the lot are the Memoirs of the Camposanto of the city of Genoa by Ravaschio, Genoa, 1864 and another guide missing a title page and incomplete [Ratti?] 

Specialist Notes

First edition of the first guide to Genoa, written by the painter Carlo Giuseppe Ratti, director of the School of Painting of the Ligustica Academy of Fine Arts, and dedicated to Girolamo Durazzo by his publisher.

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