Carracci's rare 80 engravings. Le arti di Bologna.
CARRACCI, Annibale. Le arti di Bologna disegnate da Annibale Carracci.Roma, Gregorio Roisecco Mercante dei libri a Piazza Navona, 1740
Folio, mm. 414x260; quarter leather and marbled paper; 12 including illustrated frontispiece with portrait of Carracci, title page, dedication to the Marquise Giambattista Piccaluga, life of Carracci and plates index. 80 etchings engraved by Simon Guillain from the drawings of Annibale Carracci of the collection of Cardinal Ludovisi. Fine specimen with wide margins.
Condition Report: Very rare work containing the complete and homogeneous series of 80 drawings by Annibale Carracci from the collection of Cardinal Ludovisi and etched by Simon Guillain. Beautiful etchings printed on laid paper with watermark "Lily within a single circle", at large margins.
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CARRACCI, Annibale. Le arti di Bologna disegnate da Annibale Carracci.Roma, Gregorio Roisecco Mercante dei libri a Piazza Navona, 1740
Folio, mm. 414x260; quarter leather and marbled paper; 12 including illustrated frontispiece with portrait of Carracci, title page, dedication to the Marquise Giambattista Piccaluga, life of Carracci and plates index. 80 etchings engraved by Simon Guillain from the drawings of Annibale Carracci of the collection of Cardinal Ludovisi. Fine specimen with wide margins.
Condition Report: Very rare work containing the complete and homogeneous series of 80 drawings by Annibale Carracci from the collection of Cardinal Ludovisi and etched by Simon Guillain. Beautiful etchings printed on laid paper with watermark "Lily within a single circle", at large margins.
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