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BASOLI, Antonio (1774-1848). Raccolta di prospettive serie, rustiche, e di paesaggio. Bologna: Presso L'Autore, 1810.
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BASOLI, Antonio (1774-1848). Raccolta di prospettive serie, rustiche, e di paesaggio. Bologna: Presso L'Autore, 1810.
Oblong 2o (380 x 465 mm). Title printed within border with engraved vignette, 102 engraved plates. (3 plates printed on different paper stock.) Contemporary calf-backed boards (front joint split). Provenance: acquired from Libreria Antiquaria Mediolanum, 1999.
FIRST EDITION. A fine collection of neoclassical stage designs, including inventive reconstructions of Rome, Egyptian scenes, prisons, fanciful landscapes and interiors and a lavish American cabin. Basioli, an architect, designer, and instructor of architecture at l'Accademia Clementina di Bologna, worked at Trieste, St. Petersburg, and Milan as a set designer and was the author of several works dedicated to the study of decoration and the taste of his time. Berlin Kat. 4165.
Oblong 2o (380 x 465 mm). Title printed within border with engraved vignette, 102 engraved plates. (3 plates printed on different paper stock.) Contemporary calf-backed boards (front joint split). Provenance: acquired from Libreria Antiquaria Mediolanum, 1999.
FIRST EDITION. A fine collection of neoclassical stage designs, including inventive reconstructions of Rome, Egyptian scenes, prisons, fanciful landscapes and interiors and a lavish American cabin. Basioli, an architect, designer, and instructor of architecture at l'Accademia Clementina di Bologna, worked at Trieste, St. Petersburg, and Milan as a set designer and was the author of several works dedicated to the study of decoration and the taste of his time. Berlin Kat. 4165.