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CORONELLI. Ritratti.

Elephant folio, 517x370 mm, contemporary vellum binding. Title on back. A total of 131 plates engraved on copper. Very good condition. Very rare work. Armao: "This is a very rare work owned only by a few libraries in Venice." Here are collected a large number of portraits that Coronelli had included in various works, such as Portraits of the famous characters collected in the Cosmographic Academy of the Argonauts dedicated to Domenico Federici da Fano ... (1697), Universal geographic course (1692), l 'Isolario (c. 1698), Portraits of the cardinals created by Clement XI (1703-1709). The specimen collated by Armao, dated 1697, consists of 44 plates and contains 40 portraits of characters of the time, which Armao groups in series: sovereigns and heads of state, Dignitaries of the Church, Honored Venetian, Venetian nobles, Nobles from other parts of Italy, Portraits of unknown people. This specimen, which contains many more portraits than that of Armao, is composed as follows: Allegorical plate; frontispiece with the title "Portraits"; Allegory; Title page inserted Venetian Atlas by Coronelli (1697); Allegory; Emblem of the Argonauts; title "Portraits of famous people ... described in the XXXXV volumes of the Universal Library of Father General Coronelli"; Plate with the Chronology of the 3 volumes already printed by Coronelli; Genealogical tree of the popes from Urban VI to Clement XI; Coronelli presenting the work to Clement XI; Allegory of Clement XI; Two title pages "Cardinals created by Clement XI"; Tables 14-38 with portraits of cardinals; Tables 39-41 plates with the names of the cardinals; Plate 42 "Portrait of Cardinal Francesco Pignatelli; One-eye; Tables 44-69 with portraits of cardinals and three little eyes; Plate 70 with list of deceased cardinals and those who renounced the purple; plates 71-75 with Portraits of sovereigns and heads of state; Plate 76 Coat of arms of Great Britain 1681; Tables 77-87 Portraits of kings; Tables 88-89 Genealogical tree of the Farnese family; plates 90-128 Portraits of famous people; the last three plates contain portraits of Father Coronelli.

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CORONELLI. Ritratti.

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