Lot 171
Zocchi (Giuseppe) Vedute delle Ville e d'altri Luoghi della Toscana, third (second Bouchard) edition, Florence, Giuseppe Bouchard, 1757.
Estimate: £10,000 - 15,000
Description
Zocchi (Giuseppe) Vedute delle Ville e d'altri Luoghi della Toscana, third (second Bouchard) edition, engraved pictorial title and 50 plates by Benedetti, Berardi, Carboni, Corsi, Duflos, Filosi, Franceschini, Giampiccoli, Marieschi, Mogalli, Monaco, Morghen, Muller, Parr, Piranesi, Seuter and Wagner after Zocchi, occasional minor soiling, contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt, joints, corners and spine ends repaired, two worn patches repaired to upper cover, [Berlin Kat. 2701; Mason p.190], oblong folio, Florence, Giuseppe Bouchard, 1757.
⁂ Superb copy of this magnificent work on the villas and country houses of Tuscany, with many also showing the gardens and surrounding countryside. The work was first published in 1744 and Bouchard's first edition in 1754 with this edition appearing three years later.
Provenance: Emily, Countess of Shelburne, later Marchioness of Lansdowne (booklabel and name in ink in upper margin of title); "Roehampton K.8" shelf mark to front free endpaper.
Description
Zocchi (Giuseppe) Vedute delle Ville e d'altri Luoghi della Toscana, third (second Bouchard) edition, engraved pictorial title and 50 plates by Benedetti, Berardi, Carboni, Corsi, Duflos, Filosi, Franceschini, Giampiccoli, Marieschi, Mogalli, Monaco, Morghen, Muller, Parr, Piranesi, Seuter and Wagner after Zocchi, occasional minor soiling, contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt, joints, corners and spine ends repaired, two worn patches repaired to upper cover, [Berlin Kat. 2701; Mason p.190], oblong folio, Florence, Giuseppe Bouchard, 1757.
⁂ Superb copy of this magnificent work on the villas and country houses of Tuscany, with many also showing the gardens and surrounding countryside. The work was first published in 1744 and Bouchard's first edition in 1754 with this edition appearing three years later.
Provenance: Emily, Countess of Shelburne, later Marchioness of Lansdowne (booklabel and name in ink in upper margin of title); "Roehampton K.8" shelf mark to front free endpaper.
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