Albertolli (Giocondo) Ornamenti Diversi, engraved title and dedication, letterpress sheet to the readers, 24 engraved plates by Giacomo Mercoli after Albertolli on 22 sheets, 1782; Alcune Decorazioni di Nobili Sale ed Altri Ornamenti, engraved throughout with dedication, title and 23 plates by Mercoli and Andrea de Bernardis after Albertolli, 1787, together 2 works in 1 vol., light foxing and water-staining (the latter to first work and mostly marginal but affecting first few images more severely), plate 8 of second work with tear to upper margin repaired and small stains to plate 9, contemporary half vellum over marbled boards, rubbed, corners and foot of spine worn, spine label defective, [Berlin Kat. 595, calls for 22 plates in second work], large folio, Milan ⁂ Handsome designs for candelabra, girandole, mirrors furniture, friezes, ceilings etc., mostly in neoclassical style, and unusually juxtaposing stylized and naturalistic ornament.
Albertolli (Giocondo) Ornamenti Diversi, engraved title and dedication, letterpress sheet to the readers, 24 engraved plates by Giacomo Mercoli after Albertolli on 22 sheets, 1782; Alcune Decorazioni di Nobili Sale ed Altri Ornamenti, engraved throughout with dedication, title and 23 plates by Mercoli and Andrea de Bernardis after Albertolli, 1787, together 2 works in 1 vol., light foxing and water-staining (the latter to first work and mostly marginal but affecting first few images more severely), plate 8 of second work with tear to upper margin repaired and small stains to plate 9, contemporary half vellum over marbled boards, rubbed, corners and foot of spine worn, spine label defective, [Berlin Kat. 595, calls for 22 plates in second work], large folio, Milan ⁂ Handsome designs for candelabra, girandole, mirrors furniture, friezes, ceilings etc., mostly in neoclassical style, and unusually juxtaposing stylized and naturalistic ornament.
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