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Compendio delle Vite de' Pittori Veneziani istorici piùrinomati del presente secolo con suoi ritratti tratti dal naturale delineati ed incise da Alessandro Longhi Veneziano

Alessandro Longhi and Italian 18th Century (author)

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Compendio delle Vite de' Pittori Veneziani istorici piùrinomati del presente secolo con suoi ritratti tratti dal naturale delineati ed incise da Alessandro Longhi Veneziano by Alessandro Longhi and Italian 18th Century (author)

Medium

bound volume with 24 etched portraits with etched decorative borders printed from separate plates; 24 engraved text pages with etched cartouches inset under text and with etched decorative borders, the three parts printed from separate plates; engravedtitle page; one dedication page with large etched coat-of-arms with engraved name and title of dedicatee below; another dedication page with engraved text and etched decorative border printed from separate plates; colophon with engraved text andborder, printed separately.

Dimensions

book: 51.8 x 37.8 x 3.2 cm (20 3/8 x 14 7/8 x 1 1/4 in.)

Classification

Volume

Department

CG-E

Museum

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Credit

B.H. Breslauer Foundation Fund

Accession Number

2006.94.1

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