Library's copy 1 is trimmed to 33 cm Binding: copy 1 is bound in modern quarter calf, with gilt spine and marbled boards. Copy 2 is bound in old half vellum with marbled boards. Copy 2 includes a contemporary engraved bookplate pasted inside the front cover, signed by G. Bozza Illustrations: frontispiece depicting a triumphal arch erected at the entrance to the Canale Grande, engraved by Giacinto Maina after Giovanni Antonio Selva and Giuseppe Borsato. Four numbered aquatint plates executed by F
...erdinando Albertolli: one depicting the facade and the ground-plan of the triumphal arch after Selva, two plates of festive gondolas that were taking part in the regatta (c.f. Vinet) after Rizzi and Borsato, and a plate depicting the facade and the ground-plan of a temporary structure after Borsato. The plates are aquatints accordingly to Vinet Cicognara. Catalogo ragionato dei libri d'arte Vinet. E. Bibliographie méthodique et raisonnée des beaux-arts Lipperheidesche Kostümbibliothek (2. Aufl.) Oechslin, W. Festarchitectur
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