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Napoli - Apparati effimeri - Vanvitelli, Luigi / Nolli, Giovan Battista

Letter to a friend in which information is given on the function followed in Naples on 6 September 1772 to solemnize the baptism of the royal Infanta Maria Teresa Carolina, 1772

Estimate

€ 500 - 700

Sold

€ 832

The price includes buyer's premium

Information

Naples, Paolo di Simone, 1772. In 2nd. Chalcographic vignette, elegant chalcographic header and tailpiece engraved by Nolli, with 14 refined double-page numbered plates engraved in copper by Nolli based on drawings by Vanvitelli and Bibiena, moisture gore, marginal foxing, small woodworm hole in the inner white corner of the first leaves, with small restoration on the first three leaves, coeval parchment binding, title embossed in gold within a green label on the spine, some stains, slight defects. 

Specialist Notes

First edition, rare, which describes the parties and ephemeral arrangements organized in Naples for the Infanta Maria Teresa Carolina, daughter of the King of Spain Ferdinand IV and the Archduchess Maria Carolina, with 14 stupendous double-page plates engraved by Nolli based on drawings by Vanvitelli and Bibiena.