Pieter vander AA, Splendor magnificentissimae urbis Venetiarum clarissimus. Leyde: Pieter vander Aa, [circa 1720]. Superbe exemplaire ayant appartenu à la Duchesse de Berry, avec son monogramme couronné "MC" sur la reliure et l'ex-libris de la bibliothèque. 2 parts in one volume, large 2° (450 x 276mm). Half-title to vol. II, two titles printed in red and black with engraved vignettes. Engraved bird's-eye view of Venice on two folding sheets, folding engraved plan of Venice, 115 double-page engraved plates. (Occasional light spotting, marginal in the main, lacking half-title to vol. I, light offsetting to about 25 plates.) 18th-century French calf gilt, front cover with large crowned 'MC' monogram of the Duchesse de Berry added, spines gilt in seven compartments with raised bands, brown morocco lettering-piece in one, (small neat repairs to head and foot of spine). Provenance : MARIE-CAROLINE-FERDINANDE-LOUISE DE BOURBON-SICILE, DUCHESSE DE BERRY (1798-1870, binding, Rosny library armorial bookplate). A FINE COPY with a distinguished provenance. These attractive views of Venice were reissued a number of times by vander Aa, in parts 29-32 of his rare La galerie agréable du monde (Leiden, 1729), and again in 1762 by Cornelis Haak under the title Vües des palais . Throughout her life the Duchesse de Berry, wife of the second son of King Charles X of France, was a patron of the arts, with a special interest in books. She lived in semi-exile in Venice, after her involvement in a failed uprising in the Vendée in 1832 and her confinement in the citadel of Blaye until 1833. She died in Austria in 1870. A large portion of her superb library at Rosny was sold at auction in 1837. Graesse VI, 472; not in Berlin Kat. or Cicognara.
Pieter vander AA, Splendor magnificentissimae urbis Venetiarum clarissimus. Leyde: Pieter vander Aa, [circa 1720]. Superbe exemplaire ayant appartenu à la Duchesse de Berry, avec son monogramme couronné "MC" sur la reliure et l'ex-libris de la bibliothèque. 2 parts in one volume, large 2° (450 x 276mm). Half-title to vol. II, two titles printed in red and black with engraved vignettes. Engraved bird's-eye view of Venice on two folding sheets, folding engraved plan of Venice, 115 double-page engraved plates. (Occasional light spotting, marginal in the main, lacking half-title to vol. I, light offsetting to about 25 plates.) 18th-century French calf gilt, front cover with large crowned 'MC' monogram of the Duchesse de Berry added, spines gilt in seven compartments with raised bands, brown morocco lettering-piece in one, (small neat repairs to head and foot of spine). Provenance : MARIE-CAROLINE-FERDINANDE-LOUISE DE BOURBON-SICILE, DUCHESSE DE BERRY (1798-1870, binding, Rosny library armorial bookplate). A FINE COPY with a distinguished provenance. These attractive views of Venice were reissued a number of times by vander Aa, in parts 29-32 of his rare La galerie agréable du monde (Leiden, 1729), and again in 1762 by Cornelis Haak under the title Vües des palais . Throughout her life the Duchesse de Berry, wife of the second son of King Charles X of France, was a patron of the arts, with a special interest in books. She lived in semi-exile in Venice, after her involvement in a failed uprising in the Vendée in 1832 and her confinement in the citadel of Blaye until 1833. She died in Austria in 1870. A large portion of her superb library at Rosny was sold at auction in 1837. Graesse VI, 472; not in Berlin Kat. or Cicognara.
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