FUNDAMENTAL AND USEFUL BIOGRAPHICAL WORK ON VENETIAN CELEBRITIES OF 18TH CENTURY

WITH 150 ENGRAVED PORTRAITS OF 150 ARTISTS, WRITERS, SCIENTISTS, LAWYERS, POLITCS

GAMBA BARTOLOMEO (editor). Galleria di letterati ed artisti illustri delle provincie veneziane nel secolo decimottavo. Venezia, tipografia di Alvisopoli, per cura di Bartolommeo Gamba, 1822-24.

Two thick volumes in large 8vo, contemporary half calf with gilt lettered titles at spine.

150 FINE ENGRAVED PORTRAITS OF THE MOST IMPORTANT CELEBRITIES BORN IN THE VENETIAN PROVINCES IN EVERY FIELD OF HUMAN KNOWLEDGE

Precious and refined bio-bigliographical work, edited by Bartolomeo Gamba and printed on strong paper, on the most important 150 Venetian artists and writers of 18th century, including Algarotti, Gozzi, Goldoni, Maffei, Lazzarini, Piazzetta, Tiepolo, Piranesi, Canova.

For Italian collectors:

Preziosa e raffinata raccolta bio-bibliografica, curata dal Gamba e impressa su carta forte, di centocinquanta ritratti di letterati ed artisti illustri nella Venezia del diciottesimo secolo.

A fine set.