[Militaria]. Simonini, Francesco Antonio. Scielta di battaglie inventate e disegnate ... Per uso de' pittori, e dilettanti. Bologna, Luigi Guidotti, 1760. In 4° oblong (190 x 260 mm);[4], 33 papers.Engraved title contained in allegorical figured frame with the arms of the dedicatee of the work, engraved dedication card, and followed by 33 plates invented by Simonini and engraved by Palmieri, who signs them in plate with the monogram PPF (small stain to the white margin of one plate.) Binding in marbled hardback, within slipcase. Rare serieditavole with no complete copies in auction.

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