HORAE. Beatae Mariae Virginis Officium. Venice: Giambattista Pasquali, 1740.
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HORAE. Beatae Mariae Virginis Officium. Venice: Giambattista Pasquali, 1740.

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HORAE. Beatae Mariae Virginis Officium. Venice: Giambattista Pasquali, 1740.

16o (126 x 81 mm). ENGRAVED THROUGHOUT, frontispiece and 15 full-page illustrations by M. Pitteri all designed by Giambattista Piazzetta (1682-1754), 20 charming culs-de-lampe, numerous floral initials. Contemporary Venetian red morocco gilt, gilt and gauffered edges; original marbled calf gilt pull-off case; cloth slipcase. Provenance: John A. Saks (bookplate); acquired from Bernard Quaritch, 1981.

FIRST EDITION of one of the most desirable Venetian illustrated books of the 18th century. "Il gioello pi gentile del bibliopola Pasquali...Il libretto prezioso sotto ogni aspetto" (Morazzoni 115-16 and 215); Boorsch, Venetian Prints and Books in the Age of Tiepolo 98.