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

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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