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

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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