Sold for:
$2,000
$2,000
Venice: G. B. Albrizzi, 1736-1757. 10 vols. 4to, contemporary calf, gilt-lettered spine, marbled endpapers. Profusely illustrated, largely by Piazzetta, with 10 engraved portraits, 10 frontispieces, and engraved head- and tail-pieces. "The main interest of this splendid publication is that in it for the first time Albrizzi employed Piazzetta as his illustrator." (Haskell) Light rubbing to boards; lacking first blanks; otherwise interior is in very good condition. Rare at auction.
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2013-04-10
