B33197
Language code
ita, ita, fre
Shelfmark
TBS
Author
Albrizzi, Giovanni Battista
Title
Forestiero illuminato intorno le cose piu' rare, e curiose antiche, e moderne della città di Venezia, e dell'isole circonvicine; con la descrizione delle chiese, monisterj, ospedali, tesoro di San Marco, fabbriche pubbliche, pitture celebri, funzione e divertimenti, e di quanto v'è di più riguardevole. Opera adornata di molte bellissime vedute in rame delle fabbriche più cospicue di questa metropoli.
Publication, distribution, etc.
In Venezia :, Presso Giambattista Albrizzi q. Gir.,, MDCCLXXII. [1772]
Physical description
[16], VIII, 429, [11] p., [43] leaves of plates :, ill. (engr.) ;, 16 cm.
Note
Publication date precedes printer's name in imprint.
Note
Plates printed on 28 double leaves and 15 single leaves, with captions in Italian and French.
Note
First preliminary leaf is blank.
Additional physical form available
Digital edition available from Warburg Institute Library.
Provenance
Bookplate of Roy Alderson, inscribed "Given me by Arthur Jeffress 1961".
Binding
18th-century Italian red and white block-printed paper over cartonnage; two sewing supports; ms. spine title "Antichite de Venezia"; sponged text block edges.
Subject
Venice (Place), Description, Guidebooks.
Subject
Venice (Place), Pictorial works.
Added entry--name
Albrizzi, Giovanni Battista, printer.
Added entry--place
Italy, Venice.
Link
http://warburg.sas.ac.uk/pdf/cnh2025b2215765.pdf, download a digital copy of this work (PDF, 27 mb). You will need the Acrobat Reader to consult this file; it can be downloaded for free from the Adobe website. This copy has been made available for non-commercial purposes by Google Books.
B33197
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