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CORONELLI, Vincenzo Maria (1650-1718).Singolarità di Venezia, e del serenissimo suo dominio. Venice: [circa 1709].
2 parts in 4 volumes, large oblong 2° (307 x 402mm). Engraved throughout. 4 titles, 44 divisional titles, 6 emblematic plates, four dedication plates, portrait of the 111th Doge, Giovanni Corner II, 6 plates concerning the election of the Doge, two portraits of Coronelli, 4 folding maps and 416 PLATES ON 402 LEAVES. (One folding plate shaved with slight loss, upper blank margins of 4 plates shaved with loss, one plate with hole in upper blank margin.) 18th-century half calf (some waer and repairs).
This work has been described as of 'massimo interesse per la topografica veneziana dell'epoca e per l'architectura esterna e interna di chiese, palazzi e monumenti' (Armao p. 175). These views show churches and palaces in Venice, others depict the election of Corner as Doge in 1709. See note to lot 272. Berlin Kat 2680; Cicognara 3993; Armao 88 and 89. (4)
2 parts in 4 volumes, large oblong 2° (307 x 402mm). Engraved throughout. 4 titles, 44 divisional titles, 6 emblematic plates, four dedication plates, portrait of the 111th Doge, Giovanni Corner II, 6 plates concerning the election of the Doge, two portraits of Coronelli, 4 folding maps and 416 PLATES ON 402 LEAVES. (One folding plate shaved with slight loss, upper blank margins of 4 plates shaved with loss, one plate with hole in upper blank margin.) 18th-century half calf (some waer and repairs).
This work has been described as of 'massimo interesse per la topografica veneziana dell'epoca e per l'architectura esterna e interna di chiese, palazzi e monumenti' (Armao p. 175). These views show churches and palaces in Venice, others depict the election of Corner as Doge in 1709. See note to lot 272. Berlin Kat 2680; Cicognara 3993; Armao 88 and 89. (4)