CANALETTO. - VISENTINI (Antonio). Urbis venetiarum prospectus celebriores ex Antonii Canal tabulis XXXVIII aere expressessi ab Antonio Visentini in partes tres distributi. Venice, Jean-Baptiste Pasquali, 1742. Three parts in one oblong in-folio volume, speckled tawny basane, ornate spine, red parts, speckled red edges, modern slipcase (period binding). Second edition, the first complete, of this famous suite featuring a frontispiece, a double portrait of Antonio Canal and Antonio Visentini, three parts under separate titles and 38 views of Venice engraved by Antonio Visentini after plates by Antonio Canal. It consists of the 1735 suite (12 views) increased by two plates, and two suites of 12 plates each entirely new. A fine copy, despite rubbed spines, with excellent proofs. Very slight foxing to a few plates.

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