QUADRI, ANTONIO and DIONISIO MORETTI. Il Canal Grande di Venezia. Venezia 1828. Oblong 4to, 256 x 376mm. (10 1/8 x 14 13/16in.), nineteenth-century red quarter morocco and marbled boards, rebacked with old backstrip laid down, corners renewed, board edges worn, some dampstaining, mostly to lower margins, slight foxing, plates 1 and 2 stained. 6 leaves of letterpress preliminaries including title, dedication and description, engraved map and 47 engraved plates by Moretti, all colored by hand [with:] Ricinto della Piazza et Piazzetta di San Marco in Venezia. 8 uncolored engravings by Moretti including the plan as plate I, bound after the map of the preceding work. Plates in both works with Quadri's "AQ" blind stamp.

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QUADRI, ANTONIO and DIONISIO MORETTI. Il Canal Grande di Venezia. Venezia 1828. Oblong 4to, 256 x 376mm. (10 1/8 x 14 13/16in.), nineteenth-century red quarter morocco and marbled boards, rebacked with old backstrip laid down, corners renewed, board edges worn, some dampstaining, mostly to lower margins, slight foxing, plates 1 and 2 stained. 6 leaves of letterpress preliminaries including title, dedication and description, engraved map and 47 engraved plates by Moretti, all colored by hand [with:] Ricinto della Piazza et Piazzetta di San Marco in Venezia. 8 uncolored engravings by Moretti including the plan as plate I, bound after the map of the preceding work. Plates in both works with Quadri's "AQ" blind stamp.