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Venice, Giovanni Battista Pasquali, 1751. & nbsp; In & nbsp; 2 ° oblong. (mm.525 x 375). & nbsp; 3 parts & nbsp; in & nbsp; 1 vol. & nbsp; Copper engraved architectural title page for the first part, title pages printed in red and black with vignette for the first, second and third part, list of printed plates, double portrait of Canaletto and Visentini from Piazzetta & nbsp; 37 out of 38 finely etched plates, & nbsp; (plate n.10 is missing), first paper with stains, some reinforcements and compensated tears, modern binding & nbsp; in half leather, small flaws.
Specialist Notes
Visentini, in addition to being a painter, engraver and professor of perspective at the Academy of Fine Arts, worked as an architect for the English consul Joseph Smith, who financed the first edition of the Urbis Venetiarum ... , published in 1735, with 16 plates. The views in this collection were drawn from Canaletto's paintings in the collection of the consul Joseph Smith and then sold to various English aristocrats on the Grand Tour .
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