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FRANCO, Giacomo. Habiti d'huomeni et donne venetiane con la processione della Serma Signoria. Et altri particolari cioè trionfi, feste et cerimonie publiche della..cittlà di Venetia [La città di Venetia con l'origine e governo di quella...Estratte dall'opere di Gioan Nicolò Doglioni. Parte seconda]. [Venice: 1610] - Venice: A. Turini for G. Franco, 1614.
2 parts in one volume. 2° (288 x 195mm). Part 1 with engraved title incorporating a view of the Rialto and a map of Venice, and 25 plates; part 2 with letterpress title with different engraved map of Venice, 5 leaves of text and 15 engraved plates, 2 double-page. (2 plates in part 2 lightly stained, occasional thumb-marks, a few plates just shaved by the binder.) Modern red calf gilt, g.e.
FIRST EDITION of Franco's delightful illustrations of Venetian life, depicting men and women's fashions, processions, the Regatta, the Carnival, fêtes and festivals, duck-shooting on the lagoon, etc. Two plates in part 2 show the Battle of Lepanto. Colas 1108; Brunet II, 1378; Cicognara 1654.
2 parts in one volume. 2° (288 x 195mm). Part 1 with engraved title incorporating a view of the Rialto and a map of Venice, and 25 plates; part 2 with letterpress title with different engraved map of Venice, 5 leaves of text and 15 engraved plates, 2 double-page. (2 plates in part 2 lightly stained, occasional thumb-marks, a few plates just shaved by the binder.) Modern red calf gilt, g.e.
FIRST EDITION of Franco's delightful illustrations of Venetian life, depicting men and women's fashions, processions, the Regatta, the Carnival, fêtes and festivals, duck-shooting on the lagoon, etc. Two plates in part 2 show the Battle of Lepanto. Colas 1108; Brunet II, 1378; Cicognara 1654.