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Lot 46
FLORENCE. 1. SOLDINI, FRANCESCO MARIA. FL.1770s. VASCELLINI, GAETANO, engraver. 1745-1805. Il Reale Giardino di Boboli nella sua pianta e nelle sue statue. [Florence: 1789.]
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FLORENCE.
1. SOLDINI, FRANCESCO MARIA. FL.1770s. VASCELLINI, GAETANO, engraver. 1745-1805. Il Reale Giardino di Boboli nella sua pianta e nelle sue statue. [Florence: 1789.]
4to (270 x 204 mm). Engraved title-page, portrait frontispiece, folding map of the gardens (loose), 45 (of 46) engraved plates of statues, all printed in sepia ink. Contemporary patterned paper boards, modern clamshell box. Wear and soiling to binding, spine chipped, text block loose, minor browning and spotting.
Provenance: Edward Augustus Stratford, 2nd Earl of Aldborough [1736-1801] (bookplate and signature on title).
FIRST EDITION. Adjoining the Pitti Palace, the Boboli Garden was initially laid out by Niccolo Tribolo, then by modified by Vasari, Ammannati and Buontalenti, and decorated with statues by Giambologna. Berlin Catalogue 3497; Cicognara 4218.
2. TIEPOLO, GIOVANNI BATTISTA. 1696-1770.
MIGAZZI, CRISTOFORO BARTOLOMEO. 1714-1803. Omelia detta nella Chiesa di Santo Stefano ... da sua altezza emin. il sig. Cardinale Migazzi. N.p.: 1763.
Folio (320 x 220 mm). Engraved frontispiece by Giovanni Cattini after Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, title-page in red and black with engraved vignette. Modern boards, cloth clamshell box. Scattered staining and foxing.
Provenance: John Saks (bookplate).
Rare printing of a homily given by Cardinal Migazzi at the Church of St. Stephen in Vienna on the occasion of the conclusion of the Third Silesian War with the Treaty of Hubertusburg in 1763. The text is translated from Migazzi's German into Italian by Abbey Settimio Damiano Fiaschi of Florence. An inked notation "Numo XIV" on the verso of the frontispiece may indicate a limited print run.
4to (270 x 204 mm). Engraved title-page, portrait frontispiece, folding map of the gardens (loose), 45 (of 46) engraved plates of statues, all printed in sepia ink. Contemporary patterned paper boards, modern clamshell box. Wear and soiling to binding, spine chipped, text block loose, minor browning and spotting.
Provenance: Edward Augustus Stratford, 2nd Earl of Aldborough [1736-1801] (bookplate and signature on title).
FIRST EDITION. Adjoining the Pitti Palace, the Boboli Garden was initially laid out by Niccolo Tribolo, then by modified by Vasari, Ammannati and Buontalenti, and decorated with statues by Giambologna. Berlin Catalogue 3497; Cicognara 4218.
2. TIEPOLO, GIOVANNI BATTISTA. 1696-1770.
MIGAZZI, CRISTOFORO BARTOLOMEO. 1714-1803. Omelia detta nella Chiesa di Santo Stefano ... da sua altezza emin. il sig. Cardinale Migazzi. N.p.: 1763.
Folio (320 x 220 mm). Engraved frontispiece by Giovanni Cattini after Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, title-page in red and black with engraved vignette. Modern boards, cloth clamshell box. Scattered staining and foxing.
Provenance: John Saks (bookplate).
Rare printing of a homily given by Cardinal Migazzi at the Church of St. Stephen in Vienna on the occasion of the conclusion of the Third Silesian War with the Treaty of Hubertusburg in 1763. The text is translated from Migazzi's German into Italian by Abbey Settimio Damiano Fiaschi of Florence. An inked notation "Numo XIV" on the verso of the frontispiece may indicate a limited print run.