Antonio Visentini (1688-1782) after Antonio Canal, called Il Canaletto (1697-1768)
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Antonio Visentini (1688-1782) after Antonio Canal, called Il Canaletto (1697-1768)

Prospectus Magni Canalis Venetiarum

Closed9 December 2015

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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)

Principe di Soragna (with his bookplate).