[Grotesque Masks] Serie di Mascheroni Cavati dall'antico che per la prima volta escono in luce intagliati in rame opera utile a professori ed amatori delle belle arti.
[by Aloisio Giovannoli.]
In Roma MDCCLXXXI [1781] Presso Venanzio Monaldini al Corso.
Folio, rebound in half treed calf with marbled boards, morocco title label, marbled endpapers; 33 of 38 etched plates. Scarce, but incomplete.
A fine collection of etchings of classical Roman theatrical masks etched by Aloisio Giovannoli (ca.1550–1618), and originally published c.1600 with book and plate numbers under the image, here cut from the plate. Giovannoli has copied prints designed by Cornelis Floris, engraved by Frans Huys and published by Hans Liefrinck I between 1539-1560.
See BM 1932,0217.37 for the original issue and description.
[Ref: 59203] £4,000.00
In Roma MDCCLXXXI [1781] Presso Venanzio Monaldini al Corso.
Folio, rebound in half treed calf with marbled boards, morocco title label, marbled endpapers; 33 of 38 etched plates. Scarce, but incomplete.
A fine collection of etchings of classical Roman theatrical masks etched by Aloisio Giovannoli (ca.1550–1618), and originally published c.1600 with book and plate numbers under the image, here cut from the plate. Giovannoli has copied prints designed by Cornelis Floris, engraved by Frans Huys and published by Hans Liefrinck I between 1539-1560.
See BM 1932,0217.37 for the original issue and description.
[Ref: 59203] £4,000.00