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Venice, 1785 [but 19th century edition]. In 2nd. Frontispiece with volute frame, Greek and griffins, index of the plates and 60 numbered plates with verses at the bottom, all engraved in copper, the print containing the Memory and the little eye are missing, the plate number 40 missing the upper external corner white, light blooms, twentieth century half leather binding with corners, back with 5 nerves embossed in gold, back and corners peeled. Ex libris nobiliare on the counterplate.
Specialist Notes
Zompini began the drawings of the tables under the direction of Antonio Maria Zanetti, in imitation of the Arts of Bologna by Annibale Carracci. Under each copper he inserted some verses of Dr. Questini Priest of Santa Maria Mater Domini, a friend of both. The first edition came out in 1753 in two phases, a first with 40 plates and a second with the addition of the other 20. The second edition was published posthumously in 1785 by John Strange, a British resident in Venice from 1773 to 1787, the which had acquired the branches of Le Arti from the Zanetti heirs.
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