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Italy - QUADRI (Antonio) & MORETTI (Dionisio). The Grand Canal of Venice. Venice, printed by Andreola, 1828. Oblong folio (26.5 x 41 cm), half-cowhide in havana with corner pieces, smooth spine with decorative lettering, title page with gold lettering on the cover (19th-century binding). 12 pp. (including the title page and the 2 ff. of the dedication), a map of the Grand Canal, and 47 plates depicting the entire Grand Canal, drawn and engraved by Dionisio Moretti and WATERCOLORED with descriptions by Antonio Quadri, secretary to the Viceroy of the Lombard-Venetian Kingdom, Rainier Joseph of Habsburg-Lorraine (1783–1853), to whom the work is dedicated, and a full member of the Veneto Ateneo. Bound together with the following work by the same author: *La Piazza di San Marco in Venezia considerata come monumento d'arte e di storia*. Venice, printed by the Tipografia di Commercio, 1831. [1] f., 4–32 pp., [2] ff., 16 engraved and WATERCOLORED plates (with gold highlights in places) depicting views of St. Mark’s Square. Worn binding with split joints; otherwise, a very good copy with the interior in excellent condition and the plates featuring rich, very fresh colors.
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