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Prospectus Magni Canalis Venetiarum
Details
Antonio Visentini (1688-1782) after Antonio Canal, called Il Canaletto (1697-1768)
Prospectus Magni Canalis Venetiarum
the complete set of 38 engravings with etching, 1735, on smooth wove paper, watermark initials MA, with the frontispiece with portraits of Canaletto and Visentini and title page, lacking the three letter-press title pages for each series, good impressions, the first series second state (of four), the two other series first state (of two), presumably the fifth edition, published circa 1800-1820 by Teodoro Viero, Venice, probably the full sheets, some foxing, generally in good condition, bound in marbled paper-covered boards (album)
343 x 485 mm. (overall)
Prospectus Magni Canalis Venetiarum
the complete set of 38 engravings with etching, 1735, on smooth wove paper, watermark initials MA, with the frontispiece with portraits of Canaletto and Visentini and title page, lacking the three letter-press title pages for each series, good impressions, the first series second state (of four), the two other series first state (of two), presumably the fifth edition, published circa 1800-1820 by Teodoro Viero, Venice, probably the full sheets, some foxing, generally in good condition, bound in marbled paper-covered boards (album)
343 x 485 mm. (overall)
Provenance
Principe di Soragna (with his bookplate).
Literature
Succi 3-42
Further details
Visentini's set of engravings Prospectus Magni Canalis Venetiarum was commissioned by Canaletto's great patron and agent, the English Consul Joseph Smith, to reproduce 38 paintings of views of Venice by Canaletto from his own collection. Visentini began the work in 1728 and in 1735 he published a first edition comprising 14 views only. It was not until 1742 that Visentini published the first complete edition with all 38 engravings. The commercial success of these views of Venice was such that the album continued to be published until the late 19th century.
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