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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 18
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). 19
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