Lyons, Cornelius Hackius, 1762. In 2 . With 1 copper door and 112 (of 115) double-page plates engraved in copper, each numbered and with caption in Italian, Latin, French depicting Venetian palaces and festivities , numbered 1-8, 11-101 and 103-115, slight blooms and some reddening, missing the title page, coeval binding in full hazelnut leather with traces of a gold title within the spine, red cuts, defects on the back, hinges and edges, some scratches and peeling. & nbsp;

** First edition of this book with 112 splendid tables of the city of Venice. An excellent example of landscape painting in which the horizon is described from a slightly raised point of view.