A collection of some of the finest prospects in Italy : with short remarks on them / by Abbate R. Venuti ... ; engraved by various celebrated engravers at Rome.

Format:

Microformat

Author/Creator:

Venuti, Ridolfino, 1705-1763.

Contributor:

Forester, J., engraver.

Nourse, J. (John), -1780, bookseller.

Perkins Architectural Rare Book Fund.

Standardized Title:

Raccolta di alcune delle piu belle vedute d'Italia. English

Language:

English

French

Italian

Subjects (All):

Italy--Description and travel--Early works to 1800.

Italy.

Penn Provenance:

Wynne, Edward, 1734-1784 (autograph)

Physical Description:

2 unnumbered pages, vi, 80 pages, 23 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 14 x 22 cm (oblong 4to)

Fingerprint:

i:em c.u- i.o- ena- (3) 1762 (R)

Place of Publication:

London : Sold by J. Nourse ..., bookseller ..., MDCCLXII [1762]

Language Note:

The explanation of the plates is in English, Italian and French, printed in parallel columns.

Notes:

Issued in Italy, 1761, as: "Raccolta di alcune delle piu belle vedute"--ESTC.

Signatures: pi⁴ A-K⁴ (leaf p1 blank).

"Vol. I." (No more published?)

Engraved plates, including added engraved title leaf (plate), signed and dated "J Forrester inuent. et sculpt Roma 1760", which reads: Raccolta di alcune delle piu belle vedute d'Italia con breui anotazioni del Abate R. Venuti Presidente alle Antichita di Roma & Socio d'elle [sic] Accademie Reali d'Inghilterra intagliate da vari celebri incisori in Roma Vol. pro: 1761".

With monogram "WR" on on title leaf and added engraved title leaf.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Perkins Architectural Rare Book Fund.

Penn Libraries copy has ms. bibliographical and provenance notes in pencil on front free endpaper; modern ms. note ("HINJ- 10/2013 #17790 (I owned this copy in 1990 + sold it Ximenez") in pencil on back pastedown.

Penn Libraries copy has dated 18th-century autograph ("Ed. Wynne. 1762.") of Edward Wynne and shelf-mark(?) ("k 1/2") both in brown ink on front pastedown.

Penn Libraries copy bound in one quarter early leather over paper boards; 3 raised bands on spine; blind-ruled spine panels; all edges stippled red.

Cited in:

ESTC T89031

OCLC:

863445992