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VISENTINI, Antonio (1688-1782) after Giovanni Antonio CANAL (1697-1768, called 'Il Canaletto'). Urbis Venetiarum prospectus celebriores. Venice: Giovanni Battista Pasquale, 1742.
3 parts in one volume, oblong 2° (325 x 496mm). 3 letterpress title-pages in red and black with engraved vignettes, second state of engraved Prospectus and double portrait of Canaletto and Visentini after Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, letterpress table of contents, 38 engraved views of Venice by Visentini after Canaletto. (Light soiling and a few stains on titles, occasional light marginal spotting.) 19th-century half roan, marbled edges and endpapers (extremities lightly rubbed, corners bumped).
FIRST COMPLETE EDITION, FINE IMPRESSION. Visentini's set of engravings commissioned by Consul Joseph Smith after 38 paintings by Canaletto in his collection is 'the most widely known and the best of the many engravings after Canalatto's views of Venice' (F.J.B.Watson, The Burlington Magazine, 1950, p.351). The work begun in 1728 and was completed in 1735 when an edition with 14 views only was published; the preparatory drawings are now in the British Museum in London and the Museo Correr in Venice. The state of the views in the present copy corresponds to that illustrated in Succi. Berlin Kat. 2695 (1751 edition); Cicognara 4113 (1751 edition 'difficilmente ritrovasi di prove freschissime'); Succi, Da Carlevarijs ai Tiepolo, pp. 560-571.
3 parts in one volume, oblong 2° (325 x 496mm). 3 letterpress title-pages in red and black with engraved vignettes, second state of engraved Prospectus and double portrait of Canaletto and Visentini after Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, letterpress table of contents, 38 engraved views of Venice by Visentini after Canaletto. (Light soiling and a few stains on titles, occasional light marginal spotting.) 19th-century half roan, marbled edges and endpapers (extremities lightly rubbed, corners bumped).
FIRST COMPLETE EDITION, FINE IMPRESSION. Visentini's set of engravings commissioned by Consul Joseph Smith after 38 paintings by Canaletto in his collection is 'the most widely known and the best of the many engravings after Canalatto's views of Venice' (F.J.B.Watson, The Burlington Magazine, 1950, p.351). The work begun in 1728 and was completed in 1735 when an edition with 14 views only was published; the preparatory drawings are now in the British Museum in London and the Museo Correr in Venice. The state of the views in the present copy corresponds to that illustrated in Succi. Berlin Kat. 2695 (1751 edition); Cicognara 4113 (1751 edition 'difficilmente ritrovasi di prove freschissime'); Succi, Da Carlevarijs ai Tiepolo, pp. 560-571.
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