Susanne Schulz-Falster Rare Books A magnificent collection of forty ...

Susanne Schulz-Falster Rare Books
A magnificent collection of forty Italian ‘presentation’ or festival
books issued towards the end of the eighteenth century, marking a
high-point in Italian book production, illustration and bookbinding.
This collection presents forty particularly splendid examples of ‘presentation
or festival books, celebrating ‘ingressi’ and ‘nozze’. These books of
congratulatory verse were produced magnificently, sparing no expense, with
charming vignettes and fully decorated engraved borders. Whereas in the
earlier books only the title page was surrounded with a decorative border,
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later productions increased the number from a few to up to twenty different
borders, repeated not in a haphazard but carefully orchestrated order. Unified
themes run through the series of borders, both in subject matter and in style.
Similar books had been produced already in the earlier part of the century,
but these later productions are of particular significance. Not only was ever
greater emphasis placed on artistic decoration, but two features emerged
which ‘may be proposed as distinctive Venetian contributions to the modern
history of the illustrated book: first the comprehensive decoration of books
through open, free-floating, figurative borders enlivening every page, text as
well as plate; and second, decorative paper bindings especially created for
individual books or editions.’ (Robison, p. 353).
Most of the books contained in this collection are in their original highly
decorative publisher’s binding, paper wrappers or boards, exactly the way
they were issued. Most of these are decorated with woodcuts or stencilprinted
armorial designs or embossed patterns. These bindings demonstrate
the other distinctive Venetian contribution to book history, ‘the practice of
preparing a distinctive binding for individual editions… which is generally
regarded a result of nineteenth century industrialisation. However, as can be
seen in the sample of the eighteenth century Venetian books, this practice of
edition binding began earlier’. ‘These individual bindings were
characteristically decorative. … The Venetian designs had distinct sections for
the front cover, the spine, and the back cover. The cover designs always had
borders framing reserved central areas. An ornamental shield with the
general monogram VV (Viva Venezia), a figurative vignette appropriate to the
family, or an ornamental shield with the specific arms or monogram of the
celebrant to whom the book was dedicated is often found on the lower cover.
The front cover, however, always had an ornamental shield containing the
specific arms of the celebrated nobleman for an ingresso, or in the case of a
wedding, the arms of one of both of the celebrating spouses.’ (Robison p.
354).
In some cases more than one publication accompanied a given event. Cover
designs were re-used, with distinctive colour combinations. Binding designs
were implemented in varying degrees of lavishness, with the most extravagant
embossed in gilt on card, whereas the more ‘learned’ contribution appeared in
a matching binding, but printed in black or a single colour. There is one
instance of the design being printed on silk, again with the related binding in
the same design but on paper.
Also included in the collection is a very rare engraved broadside announcing
the event to be celebrated. Because of the their transitory nature only very few
of these broadsides have survived. A full catalogue is available on request.
Background: Venice was the largest publishing centre in Italy during the
final years of the Venetian Republic in the eighteenth century. Its pre-eminent
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publishers such as Albrizzi, Zatta and Pasquali were producing lavishly
illustrated books, both for the home market and for export. The publishers
were important patrons of Venetian artists and commissioned painters such
as Tiepolo, Piazzetta, Novelli and Bartolozzi to produce painting and drawings
for book illustrations. These were brilliantly executed, often as charming
vignettes depicting landscapes, views and scenes, or allegorical figures by a
school of engravers working in close collaboration with the artists. Venetian
publishers tended to specialise in literature, but the most splendid works were
reserved for the many publications privately issued to commemorate special
events, such as the procession on assuming public office, or marriage of
members of distinguished families.
References:
Cicogna, E.A. Saggio di bibliografia veneziana, Venice, 1847.
Hyatt Mayor, A. Italian XVIII Century book illustration, in ‘The Metropolitan Museum Art
Bulletin. January 1950, pp. 136-142.
Lanckoronska, M. Die venezianische Buchgraphik des XVIII Jahrhunderts. Hamburg,
1950.
Lappiccirella, L. Libri illustrate veneziani del XVIII secolo. Disegni – Libri – Incisioni.
Catalogo 3. Florence, 1957.
Leporace, T.G. Il Libro illustrato nel settecento a Venezia. Venice, 1955.
Martineau, J. and A. Robison. The glory of Venice. Art in the eighteenth century.
Exhibition catalogue, London, Washington, 1994.
Pettoello, A. Libri illustrati veneziani del settecento. Le pubblicazioni d’occasione. Venice,
2005.
Pinto, O. Nuptialia. Saggio di bibliografia delle edizioni per nozze dal 1484 al 1799.
Florence 1971.
Robison, A. Eighteenth-Century Venetian Illustrated Books. Exhibition catalogue, New
York, 1981.
Robison, A. ‘Componimenti poetici per l’ingresso solenne alla dignità di procuratore …
Lodovico Manin (Venice, Albrizzi, 1764) in: Vision of a Collector. The Lessin J. Rosenwald
Collection in the Library of Congress. Washington, 1991.
Saks. Venetian Illustrated Books of the Eighteenth Century. The Collection John A. Saks.
Wednesday 10 June, 1981. Christie’s, London, 1981.
Soranzo, G. Bibliografia veneziana in aggiunta e continuazione del ‘Saggio’ di E.A. Cicogna.
Venice, 1885.
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INGRESSI
1 [VENIER, Girolamo.] Componimenti poetici d’autori diversi in occasione
dell'ingresso solenne di sua eccelllenza il signor Girolamo Veniero procurator di S.
Marco per merito a sua eccellenza la signora Maria Veniero Contarini di lui figlia.
Venezia, appresso Sebastiano Coleti, 1759.
4to (320x 235mm), pp. [iv] engraved frontispiece, title page, 106, [2] blank; 76
engraved vignettes including portraits, arms, and head- and tail-pieces; later patternpaper
boards.
A fine collection of poems published on the occasion of Girolamo Venier’s accession
to the office of procuratore. Amongst others, Chiari contriubted to the collection. All
vignettes and twelve fine allegorical borders by F. Bartolozzi, and described in detail
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y A. De Vesne and A. Calabi, Francesco Bartolozzi, 1928. A detailed account of all
the engravings and head- and tail-pieces is given in Petoello.
Morazzoni p. 281 (wrong collation); Petoello 294; see Saks 132.
2 [REZZONICO, Lodovico.] Componimenti poetici pel solenne ingresso alla dignità
di Procuratore di S. Marco di Sua Eccellenza il Signor D. Lodovico Rezzonico
Cavalier, Principe del Senato, e del Popolo Romano. Venezia, (nella stamperia Zatta),
1762.
4to (338x234mm), pp. 56, with engraved allegorical frontispiece, title within
engraved border by Magnini and with engraved vignette by the same, engraved arms,
title printed in red and black, text printed within elaborate engraved figurative
borders showing musical instruments, shells, putti, scenes of Venice etc, and 10
vignettes as head- and endpieces; modern full pattern paper boards, from the Rava
collection, with bookplate of the Biblioteca Terzio.
One of the most elaborate productions, with thirty-six different borders used to frame
the text. The poems are by Gaetano Gotti, Stefano Orsini, G. Iacopo Monti, Gius.
Petrosellini, Ramondo Cunich, Daniele Florio, Antonio Macalchin, Arcangelo
Mariani, Ermineo Partenio and others. Apparently also including one poem by
Gasparo Gozzi (sonnet 34), see manuscript note to front endpaper. The fine vignette
on p. xx is of the Villa Gozzi at Visinale. Thirty-six borders different borders are used.
Lapiccirella 74; Morazzoni p. 279; Petoello 305; Soranzo 6471; Saks 131.
3. [VENIER, Sebastiano.] Raccolta di varj componimenti poetici per l’ingresso alla
dignità di Procurator di San Marco di Sua Eccellenza Mr. Sebastiano Venier. Venezia,
Zatta, 1762.
4to (pp. 310 x230mm), pp. [iv], [vii]-lviii, text within fifteen different figurative
borders, showing putti, animals, fruit, birds et, and 8 vignettes of portraits
surrounded by putti; original yellow stiff wrappers, overprinted in red with
rectangular pattern, central arms of the Venier family; some light damp-staining to
wrappers, leading to discolouration, small section strenghtened from verso.
The vignettes show portraits within an oval frame, other show views of Venice,
engraving by F. Magnini.The text includes poetical compositions in Italian, Latin,
Greek and Venetian dialect by various authors, among them A. Cotto Franchetti, G.B.
Ramenzini, A. Rieri, g. Pujati, S. Epiziano, F. Deseatide, G. Manzoni, M. Fiecco, G.
Biscaccia etc.
Lapiccirella 79; Morazzoni 281; Petoello 310 with extensive note on frontispiece and
border; Soranzo 6946; not in Saks; (collation correct, just like the Getty copy).
4 [MOROSINI, Francesco.] Poesie per l’ingresso solenne di sua eccellenza il signor
cavaliere Francesco Morosini alla dignità di procuratora di S. Marco per merito. -
Venezia, Luigi Pavini, 1763.
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4to (370x257mm), pp. [iv] engraved frontispiece and engraved title, 56, vere 58; all
text pages surrounded by elaborate figurative borders; original purple gilt-stamped
brokapaper boards, with the Morosini arms; Morosini arms also as part of the border
of engraved title, corners reparied; lower board with gilt-stamped paper insert; a fine
copy.
Eleven engraved vignettes, series of twelve borders.
Morazzoni 275; Petoello 320.
5 [MANIN, Lodovico.] Componimenti poetici per l'ingresso solenne alla dignità di
Procuratore di San Marco per merito di Sua Eccellenza il Signor Lodovico Manin.
[colophon:] Venezia, nella stamperia Albrizzi, (1764).
4to (372x255mm), pp. [iv] engraved allegorical frontispiece and title, 80, [1] imprint,
with engraved portrait of Lodovico Manin, ornate printer’s device at end; 16 vignettes
and 40 fine borders, repeated. The decorative borders have been attributed to F.
Bartolozzi.
One of the most lavish of commemorative books; a splendid collaboration between
the generous patron of the arts Manin and his creatively lavish published Albrizzi.
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Bartolozzi partly re-used borders from the 1763 publication Ingresso Gian-Francesco
Pisani, but added twenty new ones, which were on an even grander scale. For a full
analysis see Andrew Robison.
Lapiccirella 56; Leporace 95; Morazzoni p. 272; Petoello 330; Soranzo 3484; Saks
123.
6 [GRATAROL, Pietro Antonio.] Al magnifico D. Giovanni Colombo Cav. Cancellier
Grande della Serenissima Rapubblica di Venezia gratulazione di Pier Antonio
Gratarol, segretario Veneto. Venezia, Giambattista Albrizzi, 1766.
4to, (288x 215mm), pp. [iv] initial blank and engraved frontispiece by G. Volpato
after A. Novelli, 30, [2] blank, engraved title vignette and three vignettes in the text;
contemporary pale grey-green pattern paper boards; a fine copy from the Rava
collection, and with bookplate from the family Morosini del Pestrino.
Morazzoni 266; Petoello 339; Lapiccirella 43.
7 [JOSEPH II of AUSTRIA.] LA REGGIA DI CALIPSO cantata a sette voci.
[colophon:] Venezia, nella stamperia Albriziana, 1769.
4to (290x215mm), pp. [xvi], printed throughout within rococo border, different for
each page, and four engraved vignettes, short lower margin, just touching border in
three cases; contemporary marbled paper boards.
Opera libretto with music by Ferdinando Bertoni, a maestro at the Conservatorio of
San Lazzaro e Mendicanti, to celebrate the arrival in Venice of Joseph II of Austria.
The title border was etched by Bartolozzi (ca 1763), the title and vignette were printed
from another copperplate inserted into the border. See Petoello for extensive note on
borders.
Morazzoni p. 271; Petoello 504; Leporace 65.
8 DALLE LASTE NATALE. De Jo. Hieronymo Zuccato equite ac venetae reipublicae
magno cancellario oratio Natalis Lastesii. Venezia, ex typogrphia Albritiana, 1772.
4to (340x238mm), pp. 17, with 3 engraved vignettes and one large engraved initial;
original purple paper boards, with arms of the Zuccato family within decorative border
printed in dark purple to upper cover, lower cover with arms of Venice; a fine copy from
the Biblioteca Benedetto Marchese Polesini, Parenzo with book label to front paste-down
and stamp to blank margin of title; title page a little dust-soiled.
Morazzoni 283; Pettoello 358; Saks 135.
9 MAZZOLÀ, Caterino. Nel Solenne ingresso dell'illustrissimo e reverendissimo
Monsignor Federico Ma. Giovanelli Patriarca di Venezia, e Primate della Dalmazia,
Orazione di Caterino Mazzolà Venezia, Gaspare Storti, 1776.
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4to (308 x 217mm), [iv] engraved frontispiece and title page, 32; the frontispiece
portrait is engraved by A. Baratti after a painting by J. Angeli; one engraved vignette
by Wagner; orignal pale brown paper boards, woodblock overprinted in red, with the
arms of the Giovanelli family a little wear to spine.
Morazzoni p. 271; Cicogna 1847; Lapiccirella 53; Petoello 380; Soranzo 5041.
10 [GIOVANELLI, Federico.] Poesie pel solenne Ingresso dell’illustrissimo e
reverendissimo Monsignore Federico Ma. Giovannelli alla sede di Patriarca di
Venezia e Primate della Dalmazia. Venezia, Gaspare Storti, 1776.
4to (310x220mm), engraved frontispiece by Wagner, pp. [iv], 164, with nine engraved
vignettes, all by Wagner, title printed in red and black, text in Latin and Italian;
recent full buff boards.
Morazzoni 271; Petoello 382 (different collation ) (collation confirmed italian copac)
11 [CORNARO, Giovanni.] Rime per la fausta esaltazione alla sacra porpora
dell'eminentissimo cardinale il signor Giovanni Cornaro commendatario perpetuo
della Vangadizza ec. Ec. Ec. Composte, e dette nella Pubblica Accademia del
Seminario, ed all’Eminentissimo superiore dedicate. Venezia, nella stamperia di Carlo
Palese, 1778.
4to, (303x221mm), pp. 79 including engraved frontispiece, engraved title vignette
and six engraved vignettes in the text, some signed; original pink paper boards with
the arms of the Grimani family within floral border, verso with Venetian seal; spine
expertly repaired; from the Rava collection, and with bookplate of Didaci Principis
Pignatelli de Cavaniglia.
Morazzoni p. 268; Petoello 392.
12 [GIOVANELLI, Giovanni Benetto.] Poesie pel solenne ingresso di sua eccellenza
il signor Gio. Benetto Giovanelli alla dignità di procuratore di S. Marco. Venezia,
presso Simone Occhi, 1779.
4to (310x213mm), pp. [viii], engraved frontispiece, engraved title with letterpress
printing of text within dedcorative border and title vignette, 120, with five engraved
vignettes; last 5 pages with light dampstain to upper margin; original yellow paper
boards, overprinted in red with the arms fo the Giovanelli family; discreet repairs to
lower board
Morazzoni p. 271 (lists a copy in 8vo); Petoello 400.
13 [PISANI, Zorzi.] Componimenti poetici in occasione del solenne ingresso di Sua
Eccellenza Mss. Zorzi Pisani alla dignità di Procuratore di S.Marco. Venezia,
[Giambattista Pasquali], 1780.
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4to, pp. 81, 1, including engraved frontispiece and engraved title within a decorative
border, engraved by Teod. Viero, with ten engraved vignettes, some of them by P.A.
Novelli; original grey paper boards, overprinted in white with the arms of the Pisani
family within decorative border; some light dampstaining to boards, still a fine copy
from the Rava collection.
The work contains poetical compositions, especially sonnets by a number of authors,
mostly from Brescia. Works of D. Arnaldi, C. Olmo, C. Bocca, D. Colombo, F. Bocca
and Coccapani are included (Lapicirella n°70).
The Pisani family arms are also included in the engraved title.
Morazzoni p. 278; Soranzo 6207; Lapiccirella 70; Petoello 414 (long description)
14 EVANGELI, Antonio. Nel solenne Ingresso di sua Eccellenza il Signor
Giannantonio Gabriel Cavaliere e Cancellier grande stanze del P.D. Antonio Evangelj
C.R.S. Venezia, Francesco Santini, 1785.
4to (301x220 mm), pp. [22] including initial blank, engraved title with arms of the
Gabriel family; contemporary decorated paper wrappers; margins a little discoloured.
Lappicirella describes a similar binding as the original?
Lacks frontispiece and pp. 20.
Cicogna 2505; Petoello 432 asking for pp. 42 with frontispiece, Lapiccirella 49 (also
antiporta); Morazzoni 270, Soranzo 3492.
15 [GABRIEL, Giovanni Antonio.] Poesie per l'Ingresso Solenne di Sua Eccellenza il
Signor Gio. Antonio Gabriel Cavaliere e Cancelliere Grande.[colophon:] Venezia,
Alessandri e Scattaglia incisori in rame, s.d. (1785).
4to (348x237mm), pp. [iv] engraved frontispiece and engraved title, within figurative
border, verso with engraved arms of the Gabriel family, 100, [1] full page engraving
with imprint; all text within engraved rococo border of twelve different designs;
original green boards overprinted in gilt with the arms of the Gabriel arms within
decorative border; expert repairs to head and foot of spine; a very fine copy.
One of the most representative titles of late eighteenth century Venetian printing,
with elaborate rococo decorations. Whereas the frontispiece shows a portrait
accomanied by views of Turin, Rome, Milan and Naples, the title contains a
wonderfully theatrical frame of putti listing the veil from the title. The one hundred
pages of text are surrounded by a lively border animated by oriental landscapes and
figures. Compositions feature vegetation, jewellry, artists’ equipment and musical
instruments, whereas the scenes at the bottom of the frame show a library, artists,
putti and exotic scenes.
The poems are by D. Florio, L. Godard, Giov. Pirani, Gir. Garuffali, A.M. Carminati,
G.B. Giovio, and P.A. Novelli.
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Cicogna n. 2505; Morazzoni p. 270; Petoello 436; Soranzo 3492; Lapiccirella 50; Saks
121.
16 [MEMMO, Andrea.] Orazione A sua eccellenza il Signor Andrea Memmo : in
occasione del suo ingresso solenne. Venezia, Antonio Zatta, 1787
4to ( 320x224mm), pp. 39 (very nice endpiece ‘fine’); engraved allegorial frontispiece
by G. Zuliani after Michel Schiavone; engraved title vignette with the arms of the
Memmo family, one large engraved view of the figure of Venice surrounded by sea
horses by Danniotto, and a view of Venice as the initial letter; original marbled
wrappers, from the Rava collection.
Morazzoni 273; Petoello 444.
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17 BUTTURINI, Mattia. L’Unione del Senno e della Fortuna cantata per la gloriosa
esaltazione a doge di Venezia del serenissimo Lodovico Manin fatta eseguire dalla
nobile Società de' Filarmonici li 19 maggio 1789. [colophon:] (Venezia), Palese, 1789.
4to (261x197 mm), engraved frontispiece within decorative rococo border, pp. 15;
contemporary orange coloured boards.
The music was by Ferdinando Bretoni, maesto della Cappella di San Marco, the
libretto by Mattia Butturini.
Morazzoni 272; Petoello 448.
18 [ALBRIZZI.] BARBADICO, Nicolao. Andreae Gritti principis venetiarum vita.
Vita Nicolao Barbadico Auctore Alexandro Albrittio procuratoris divi marci
dignitatem ineunte primum edita. Venezia, Typis Caroli Palesii, 1792.
4to, engraved frontispiece, [viii] including initial blank, 15, [1] blank, lv, [2] blank;
with six engraved medallions in the text and on the title page; lower corner with light
faint dampstain to first signature; original pink paper board, overprinted in white
with the arms of the Albrizzi family, surrounded by floral border; verso with Eviva
initials, again within border; a very fine copy.
The frontispiece shows a portrait medallion of the profile of the doge Andrea Gritti
with verso of Venezia surrounded by its attributes. Curiously all the medallions
included in the work illustrate the doge Andrea Gritti. Expression of classical taste in
Venetian art.
Morazzoni p. 264 (wrong collation); Lapiccirella 38; Cicogna 2316; Petoello 458.
19 [ALBRIZZI, Alessandro.] Componimenti poetici di varii autori in lode di Venezia
raccolti nell'Ingresso di Sua Eccellenza il Signor Alessandro Albrizzi alla dignità di
Procuratore di San Marco. - Venezia, Carlo Palese, 1792.
4to (301x216mm), pp. [viii], 120, [2] blank; engraved frontispiece by T Viero after F.
Bartolozzi, engraved vignette to title with the arms of the Albrizzi family; original
green paper board overprinted in white with the arms of the Albrizzi family
surrounded by elaborate floral rococo border; lower board with Eviva initials,
manuscript spine label; from the Rava collection, with printed ex-libris; a very fine
copy.
The work contains poetic contributions by B. Cappello, D. Venier, G. Alaleona, S.
Bettinelli, and idyllo ‘Il Proteo by Ant. Conti, a verse epistle addressed to Marco
Foscarini by F. Algarotti and the ‘Treasformazione di Adria by T.G. Farsetti. The work
was compiled by Jacobo Morelli.
Binding: overprinted from woodblocks. The frontispiece is a variant of the one used
in ‘Nozze Manin-Dolfin in 1765.
Morazzoni p. 264; Lapiccirella 37; Petoello 460; Soranzo 2627., Sotheby’s 32; Saks
112.
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20 [MICHIEL]. Poesie pel solenne ingresso di sua eccellenza il Sig. Domenico
Michiel alla dignità di Procuratore di San Marco. Venezia, Fenzo, 1792.
4to (345x250mm), pp. 39 including fine allegorical frontispiece within floral border,
and engraved title vignette of the arms of the Michiel family; original pale blue-green
boards, with arms of the city of Venice and Michiel family printed in red, within
decorative border; a very fine, wide-margined copy.
Austere typography which clashes somewhat with the rococo frontispiece surrounded
by a leafy border. The work is proof of the remaining popularity of rocaille elements
long after the middle of the eighteenth century.
Morazzoni p. 273; Petoello 467.
21 BETTINELLI, Saverio. Il Parnaso veneziano poemetto dell’abate Saverio
Bettinello riprodotto e illustrato nel solenne Ingresso di S.E. Cavaliere Messer
Antonio Cappello alla dignità di Procuratore di San Marco.Venezia, Carlo Palese,
1796.
4to (304x214mm), engraved frontispiece by Piazzetta, pp. [viii], 87, ink scribbles to
last page and final enpapers; title page vignette with Cappello arms; original pink
paper boards with the Cappello arms within floral border; Rava.
Bettinelli’s poetic festival book. The engraved frontispiece, though unsigned, has
attracted extensive attention. Bettinelli (1718-1808) made extensive contributions to
Italian literature, aesthetics and history.
Morazzoni p. 266; Cicogna 2432; Lapiccirella 41; Petoello 482; Saks 116.
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22 CIPPICO, Coriolano. Delle guerre de' Veneziani nell'Asia dal 1470 al 1474 libri
tre, di Coriolano Cipico riprodotti nel solenne ingresso di S.E. Cavaliere Messer
Antonio Cappello alla dignità di Procuratore di San Marco. Venezia, Carlo Palese,
1796.
4to (301x215mm), engraved frontispiece, pp. [viii] including initial blank, 86, [2]
index; engraved title vignette with the arms of the Cappello family; original yellow
boards, with woodblock printed floral border and central arms of the Cappello family
printed in brown; verso with theVenetian arms (Eviva initials); a fine copy from the
Rava collection.
Morazzoni p. 266; Lapiccirella 40; Petoello 484; Saks 114.
23 FRANCESCHINIS, Francesco Maria. A Sua Eccellenza il Signor Cavaliere
Antonio Cappello nel giorno del suo solenne Ingresso alla dignità di Procuratore di
San Marco. Orazione di Francesco Maria Franceschinis, barnabita. Venezia, Carlo
Palese, 1796.
4to, (303 x215mm), engraved frontispiece, pp. 28, with engraved title vignette with
the arms of the Cappello family; original green paper boards, overprinted with the
arms of the Cappello family within floral border, Venice seal to verso, slight
discolouring to upper boards, else a fine copy.
Morazzoni p. 266; Petoello 483; Saks 115.
24 [MORELLI, JACOPO.]. Monumenti Veneziani di varia letteratura per la prima
volta pubblicati nell'Ingresso di Sua Eccellenza Messer Alvise Pisani Cavaliere alla
dignità di procuratore di San Marco. Venezia, Carlo Palese, 1796.
4to (310x219mm), pp. [viii] including engraved frontispiece, 12, 51, title vignette of
the arms of the Pisani family, three engraved vignettes in the text (a view of Zara, and
two of medaglions of Pietro Bembo and Galileo); original pink engraved paper
boards, with Pisani arms to upper cover, and Pisani monogram to lower cover, both
within classical border; some light dampstaining to text in final signatures, binding
also with light dampstaining, with light discolouratin of lower board and spine; from
the Rava collection with exlibris.
An important collection of historical works, here published for the first time. It
contains the siege of Zara (1346)and its subsequent occupation by the Venetians,
letters by Pietro Bembo (1530-39), and a letter from Galileo to the Signoria of Venezia
regarding the telescope (1609), with a decree of the Senate.
On Morelli see Morazzoni pp. 41 ff.
Morazzoni p. 277; Cicogna 700; Gamba 1255; Lapiccirella 65; Petoello 486; Saks 128.
25 MOROSINI, Paolo and CORNARO, Giovanni. Memoria storica intorno alla
Repubblica di Venezia scritta da Paolo Morosini e da Giovanni Cornaro per la prima
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volta pubblicata nell'Ingresso di S.E. Messer Alvise Pisani Cavaliere alla dignità di
Procuratore di San Marco. Venezia, Carlo Palese, 1796.
4to (302x215mm), engraved frontispiece, pp. [viii], 16, 123, [1] blank, 3 index; with
two engraved vignettes in the text and engraved arms to title; original green paper
boards, with arms and monogram of the Alvise Pisani surrounded by a geometrical
border printed in red to sides; spine a little chipped, some light dampstain to lower
board; engraved bookplate Alberti Giovanelli.
First edition of an important contribution to Venetian history of the peirod 1310 to
1500. Edited by Anton Giovanni Bonicelli, this was of the first festival books to print
an important historical text rather than a collection of poems.
Morazzoni pp. 244 e 277 Lapiccirella 64; Cicogna 700 (646); Petoello 487.
26 GENNARI, Giuseppe. A sua eccellenza il signor cavaliere Alvise Pisani nel giorno
del suo solenne ingresso alla dignita di procuratore di S. Marco orazione dell’Ab.
Giuseppe Gennari. Padova, nella stamperia del seminario, 1796.
4to (300x220mm), engraved frontispiece by Vitalbo, pp. 27, with three engraved
vignettes; contemporary marbled wrappers; from the Saks collection with bookplate.
Privately printed gratulations singing the praises of the the republic of Venice and the
excellent Pisani..
27 VIERO, Teodoro engraver. Nel Solenne Ingresso del Sue Excellenza Cav. Messer
Alvise Pisano alla dignità di Procuratore di San Marco sonetto alli nobilissimi
giovanetti Francesco Luigi e Giovanni figlio e nipote del medesimo.Venezia,
Giannantonio Zanetti delineavit a e quindi Presso Teodoro Viero ven.,c. 1796.
Large folding engraved broadside measuring 670 x 500mm.
Very rare engraved broadside celebrating the elevation of Alvise Pisano to the office
of procuratore. The broadside which was used just like a modern poster to advertise
the event, is exceptionally rare.
Lapiccirella 35.
28 ELOGIO di Sua Eccellenza Francesco Pesaro intimo Consigliere attuale di Stato
della sacra Regia Imper. Apost. Maestà di Francesco II e suo Commissario
Estraordinario in Venezia e Terra-Ferma dittato da Giovanni Rabo di Lustizza, C.R.S.
e dedicato all exxellentissimo Regio Imper. Magistrato Camerale di Venezia. Venezia,
Carlo Palese, 1799.
4to (284x206mm), pp. 48, [2]; engraved vignette; title ink- and dust-stained;
contemporary pattern-paper wrappers
Morazzoni 276; Petoello 489.
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NOZZE
29 POESIE nelle felicissime Nozze di sue Eccellenze il Sig. Alessandro Barziza e la
Signora Andriana Berlenda Berlendis. Venezia, Zatta, 1761 (1771).
4to (281 x 223mm), pp.48 inclduing engraved frontispiece; title letterpress printed
within engraved decorative border; text printed within woodcut border, showing
animals, putti, etc. Woodcut border in ?seven different designs, repeated;
contemporary multi-coloured woodblock printed wrappers, with floral illustrations; a
fine copy.
Morazzoni 294; Petoello 93; - detailed description, Pinto 1506.
30. (NOZZE LAMBERTINI - SAVORGNAN). Per le acclamatissime nozze di Sua
Eccellenza la nobil donna Lucrezia Contessa e Marchesa Savorgnan con Sua
Eccellenza il nobil uomo Don Giovanni Marchese Lambertini gran priore del sacro e
militar ordine de’ Santi Maurizio e Lazzarao. Venezia, Simone Occhi, 1762.
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4to (318x245mm), engraved frontispiece with large shield and the arms of the two
families, pp. 168, with 34 engraved vignettes as head- and tail-pieces, some of them
by Francesco Bartolozzi; some light spotting, especially at beginning and end;
contemporary silver paper boards, old reback; small collection stamp to blank margin
of title with dupplicato stamp; wide-margined copy.
Includes works by Niccolò Bozzoni, Frugoni, Pietro Chirai, Girolamo Bornelli etc.
Morazzoni p. 300; Petoello 104; Pinto 1296; Saks 184.
31 POESIE PER LE NOZZE SOLENNI del N. U. E. Giovanni Barbaro del fu M.r
Almorò proc. Di S. M. con la N. D. Chiara Barbarico dedicate a S. E. Cecilia Emo
procuratessa Barbaro madre amorosa dello sposo. [colophon:] [Venezia], nella
stamperia Albrizzi, (1764).
4to (341x238mm), pp. [iv] engraved frontispiece and engraved title, within decorative
engraved border, 94, [2] full-page engraved imprint; with 13 engraved vignettes in
the text; clean marginal tear to B9, not touching text; orignal black paper boards,
with gilt decorations, arms and monogram of the Barbaro family in gilt; a fine copy.
Morazzoni p. 294; Petoello 113; not in Pinto.
32 [COLLOREDO, Ridolfo – Claudia di Maniago.] Componimenti Poetici per lo
sposalizio solenne del signor marchese Ridolfo Conte Colloredo ciamberlano delle
maestà imperiali con la signora contessa Claudia di Maniago. – Venezia, Antonio
Bassanese, 1765.
4to (277 x 199mm), engraved frontispiece and engraved title, pp. [vi], 213, [1],
frontispiece within elegant frame work by J. Leonardis; four engraved vignettes,
poems separated by elegant printer’s devices; some light discolouring; recently bound
in eighteenth century floral pattern brokatpaper.
Petoello 124; Morazzoni 296; Pinto 1343; Saks 173.
33 POESIE PER LE GLORIOSE NOZZE dell’eccellenze loro il Nobil Uomo Niccolò
Foscarini e la Nobil Donna Andriana Barbaro. [colophon:] Venezia, appresso Luigi
Pavini, 1766.
4to, (357x250mm), 56, [1] full-page engraving with imprint; engraved frontispiece
within framwork, engraved title and nine engraved vignettes in the text; original
printed wrappers, with the arms of the Foscarini family mounted on limp boards,
some abrasions to sides, lower wrappers faint.
Some vignettes by Alessandri.
Lapiccirella 86; Morazzoni 298; Petoello 138.
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34 COMPONIMENTI POETICI nelle gloriose nozze dell’eccellenze loro il signor
Andrea Dolfin e la Signora Giustiniana Gradenigo. Venezia, nella Stamperia Pinelli,
1767.
4to, (370x260mm), pp. [iv] engraved frontispiece and title printed in red and black
with large engraved vignette, 52, with two engraved vignettes in the text; very faint
marginal dampstain to outer corner of last two leaves; original pink boards, with
woodblock printing of the arms of the Dolfin family with border; a fine copy.
Morazzoni p. 298; Petoello 160.
35 IL CERTAME. azione lirico-drammatica per le nozze di Sua Altezza Reale il
serenissimo arciduca Ferdinando Carlo d'Austria principe reale d'Ungheria, e Boemia
governatore, e capitano generale della Lombardia austriaca colla serenissima
principessa Maria Beatrice d'Este presentata dalla Reale Accademia di Mantova in
occasione del faustissimo arrivo d'esso Augusto Principe in questa città. Mantova, per
l'erede di Alberto Pazzoni, 1771.
4to, pp. (277x205mm), engraved frontispiece by Wagner after Bazzani, [viii], 40 with
three engraved vignettes to text and engraved title vignette of the arms of ?; later
pattern paper boards.
Pinto 1508.
36 [ACCADEMIA DEI CONCORDI]. Gli eroi Morosini per le faustissime nozze del
n.u. Francesco Morosini colla n.d. Loredana Grimani. Rovigo, per Gianjacopo Miazzi
stampatore dell'Accademia, 1772.
4to (384 x 265mm), engraved frontispiece by Andrea Rossi after Pietro Novello,
pp.123, with 46 engraved head-and tail-piece vignette; original green paper boards,
stamped in gilt (mostly oxidised) with the arms of the Morosini family arms. A fine
copy from the Rava collection and with bookplate of the Morosini del Pestrino.
Pinto 1536.
37 ELOGIO DELLA NOBIL FAMIGLIA DE CONTI CAPODILISTA e rime per le
nozze del N. H. E. Leonardo Emo con la Nob. Sig.a Co. Beatrice Capodilista. Venezia,
presso Pietro Savioni, 1783.
4to (259x192mm), pp. 116 with engraved frontispiece and engraved title, and ten
large engraved vignettes by Wagner; contemporary gilt paper boards.
Pinto 1709 (8vo, pp. 36 – either just a part or different publication); Petoello 201.
38 [BARCA, Francesco.] Amor musico, poemetto per le nozze de' nobili signori
March. Ferrante Boscoli di Parma e Giulia Beltramelli di Bergamo. Padova, Penada,
1786.
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4to (313x215mm), pp. 65, with engraved frontispiece, and two full-page engravings,
and engraved title vignette, three finely engraved initials and two engraved headpieces;
contemporary buff boards, corners a little bumped.
The work is dedicated by Francesco Barca to Elena Vertova Beltramelli, the mother of
the bride.
Not in Pinto;
39 POESIE PER LE NOZZE della N. D. Maria Lippomano col N. U. Alvise Querini.
Venezia, Zatta, 1790.
4to (360x249mm), 93, [1] blank, [1] errata, including engraved frontispiece by G.
Zatta after PA Novelli and engraved title with family arms, and six further engravings
in the text, all by Zatta; original printed wrappers, with family arms, hand-coloured
and heightened with gold; a very fine copy. Presentation copy. From the Rava
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collection, and with engraved bookplate of Otiis Comitis Costerbosae Esposto alla
mostra di Milano (Poldi Pezzoli maggio 1962).
The very unusual binding, hand-coloured and heightened in gilt, must have been
produced for presentation purposes for a particular family member. The design
marks the development to neo-classical style.
Morazzoni p. 306; Petoello 215; Pinto 1867; Saks 178.
40 [BETTINELLI, Saverio.] Lettere su le belle arti pubblicate nelle nozze Barbarigo-
Pisani. Venezia, Carlo Palese, 1793.
4to (271 x 195mm), pp. [xii] including engraved frontispiece and title vignette, 192;
with 22 engraved vignettes in the text showing cameos of classical scenes; original
pink silk over boards, with Pisani arms to both upper and lower boards, within
classical border; some wear to extremities and spine, but still a fine copy; printed on
heavy paper, very clean, with strong impressions; from the Rava collection.
Elegant edition of Bettinelli’s essays on fine art and art history published on the
occasion of the Barbarigo – Pisani wedding. "Le sue lettere su le belle arti in veste
sontuosissima come pubblicazione per nozze fra le più cospicue di Venezia
(Barbarigo-Pisani) 1793, uscite dunque poco prima del crollo dell'antico splendore,
sono un esempio tipico di ciò che egli stesso chiama a ragione, con mondana ironia,
'istruzione color di rosa'." (Schlosser 665).
Melzi 304; Cicognara 1136; Morazzoni 294; Lapiccirella 82; Cicogna 4640; Petoello
221; Pinto 256
41 CARO, Annibale. Lettere di L. Annéo Seneca recate in italiano dal Commendatore
Annibal Caro e per la prima volta pubblicate nelle nozze Michiel e Pisani. Venezia,
Tipografia Palesiana, 1802.
4to (246x175mm), pp. [xxiv], 72, engraved title vignette with arms; original yellow
paper boards, with large Michiel – Pisani arms to both sides; a fine copy.
First edition, with a preface by Angelo Dalmistro, giving details of the Annibal Caro,
the translator. The classicist Annibal Caro (1507-1566), is famous for his very
successful translation of the Aeneid. He is praised for replacing the concision of the
Latin text with a more fluent version, which gives complete clarity to Virgil’s thought.
‘The wealth and purity of the language are, to Italians, a delights; and the blank verse
is handled with an artistic freedom that has never been excelled’ (Wilkins, p. 249).
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