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PIAZZETTA, Giovanni Battista (1682-1754). Beatae Mariae Virginis officium. Venice: Pasquali, 1740.
Excellent and well-preserved copy, in elegant binding, of the famous Book of Hours by Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, entirely engraved on copper, including both plates and text. A work of extraordinary artistic finesse, combining devotion and technical mastery, best exemplifying the refined style and expressive ability of the Venetian artist.
8vo, (133 x 185 mm). Frontispiece, vignette to title page, 15 full-page illustrations in the text and 20 tail-pieces copper-engraved by Marco Alvise Pitteri from drawings by Giovanni Battista Piazzetta; text engraved by Angela Baroni. Contemporary morocco binding richly gilt decorated to spine and boards, pink silk endpapers, gilt edges, green silk bookmark. (1)
8vo, (133 x 185 mm). Frontispiece, vignette to title page, 15 full-page illustrations in the text and 20 tail-pieces copper-engraved by Marco Alvise Pitteri from drawings by Giovanni Battista Piazzetta; text engraved by Angela Baroni. Contemporary morocco binding richly gilt decorated to spine and boards, pink silk endpapers, gilt edges, green silk bookmark. (1)
ESTIMATE € 400 - 600
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[BINDING] CICERO, Marcus Tullius (106-43 BC). Epistolarum familiarium. Lyon: Gryphius, 1551.
[BINDING] CICERO, Marcus Tullius (106-43 BC). Epistolarum familiarium. Lyon: Gryphius, 1551.
ESTIMATE € 600 - 1,000
