CECCHINI, G.B., G.PIVIDOR and others. Vedute dei principali monumenti di Venezia. Venice: Eugenio Testolini, [circa 1860]. Oblong 2° (297 x 413mm). Lithographed throughout. Hand-coloured title and 12 plates, heightened with gum-arabic, by Lefevre after Cecchini, Pividor and Viola, extra-illustrated with two hand-coloured lithographic 'portraits' of male and female watercarriers, and a smaller format hand-coloured lithographic view of Venice, all three published by Testolini. (Occasional light spotting.) Original purple cloth, titled in gilt on upper cover. Provenance : Georges Delaporte (bookplate). A fine series of high-quality tourist views. Luigi ZUCOLI (publisher). Views of Milan, Padua and Rome. Milan: Zucoli, [circa 1830]. Oblong 2° (300 x 440mm). Without title or text. 7 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates by A. Biasioli, D. Landini, and Angeli after Duvelli, Citterio and others. (Light marginal spotting to the second plate.) Contemporary dark-brown half morocco gilt, label on upper cover (neat repairs to head and foot of spine). Provenance : La Rochefoucauld family (armorial bookplate); J.Roucy (ownership stamps). The attractive views include five of Milan, one of Padua, and one of the Colosseum in Rome. (2)
CECCHINI, G.B., G.PIVIDOR and others. Vedute dei principali monumenti di Venezia. Venice: Eugenio Testolini, [circa 1860]. Oblong 2° (297 x 413mm). Lithographed throughout. Hand-coloured title and 12 plates, heightened with gum-arabic, by Lefevre after Cecchini, Pividor and Viola, extra-illustrated with two hand-coloured lithographic 'portraits' of male and female watercarriers, and a smaller format hand-coloured lithographic view of Venice, all three published by Testolini. (Occasional light spotting.) Original purple cloth, titled in gilt on upper cover. Provenance : Georges Delaporte (bookplate). A fine series of high-quality tourist views. Luigi ZUCOLI (publisher). Views of Milan, Padua and Rome. Milan: Zucoli, [circa 1830]. Oblong 2° (300 x 440mm). Without title or text. 7 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates by A. Biasioli, D. Landini, and Angeli after Duvelli, Citterio and others. (Light marginal spotting to the second plate.) Contemporary dark-brown half morocco gilt, label on upper cover (neat repairs to head and foot of spine). Provenance : La Rochefoucauld family (armorial bookplate); J.Roucy (ownership stamps). The attractive views include five of Milan, one of Padua, and one of the Colosseum in Rome. (2)
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