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GOZZI, Gasparo, Conte (1713-86). Componimenti poetici per l'ingresso solenne... di proccuratore di S. Marco... Lodovico Manin. Venice: Gianbattista Albrizzi, 1764.
4o (379 x 259 mm). Engraved allegorical frontispiece and title, portrait of Lodovico Manin, ornate full-page printer's device at end, 16 vignettes and 80 fine engraved borders surrounding the text. Contemporary autumn leaf stained vellum gilt, edges gilt (rebacked and restored by J. Macdonald). Provenance: Anthony Hobson (sold Sotheby's 10 November 1975, lot 31); acquired from Bernard Quaritch, 1976.
One of the most lavish of the Venetian Ingressi, with engraved borders attributed to Francesco Bartolozzi (1727-1815). A FINE TALL COPY. Morazzoni, p.272.
4o (379 x 259 mm). Engraved allegorical frontispiece and title, portrait of Lodovico Manin, ornate full-page printer's device at end, 16 vignettes and 80 fine engraved borders surrounding the text. Contemporary autumn leaf stained vellum gilt, edges gilt (rebacked and restored by J. Macdonald). Provenance: Anthony Hobson (sold Sotheby's 10 November 1975, lot 31); acquired from Bernard Quaritch, 1976.
One of the most lavish of the Venetian Ingressi, with engraved borders attributed to Francesco Bartolozzi (1727-1815). A FINE TALL COPY. Morazzoni, p.272.