Susanne Schulz-Falster - Schulz-Falster Rare Books

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[MICHIEL,
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BETTINELLI,
4to (301 x 216mm), pp. [viii], 120, [2] blank; engraved
frontispiece by T. Viero after F. Bartolozzi, engraved vignette
to title with the arms of the Albrizzi family; original green
glazed paper boards overprinted in white with the arms of
the Albrizzi family surrounded by elaborate floral Rococo
border; lower board with Eviva initials, manuscript spine
label; from the Rava collection, with printed ex-libris; a very
fine copy.
The work, which was compiled by Jacobo Morelli contains poetic
contributions by B. Cappello, D. Venier, G. Alaleona, S.
Bettinelli, an idyllo Il Proteo by Ant. Conti, a verse epistle addressed
to Marco Foscarini by F. Algarotti and the Trasformazione
di Adria by T. G. Farsetti.
This is one six publications celebrating the appointment of
Alessandro Albrizzi to the office of Procuratore of San Marco.
Morazzoni p. 264; Lapiccirella 37; Pettoello 460; Soranzo 2627,
Sotheby’s 32; Saks 112.
Domenico.] Poesie pel solenne ingresso di
Sua Eccellenza il Sig. Domenico Michiel alla dignità di
Procuratore di San Marco. Venezia, Fenzo, 1792.
4to (345 x 250mm), pp. 39 including fine allegorical
frontispiece within floral border, and engraved title vignette
of the arms of the Michiel family; original pale blue-green
flexible boards, with arms of the city of Venice and Michiel
family block-printed in red, within decorative border; a very
fine, wide-margined copy.
Austere typography which clashes somewhat with the Rococo
frontispiece surrounded by a leafy border. The work is proof of
the remaining popularity of rocaille elements long after the
middle of the eighteenth century.
Morazzoni p. 273; Pettoello 467.
Saverio. Il Parnaso veneziano
poemetto dell’abate Saverio Bettinello riprodotto e
illustrato nel solenne Ingresso di S.E. Cavaliere Messer
Antonio Cappello alla dignità di Procuratore di San
Marco. Venezia, Carlo Palese, 1796.
4to (304 x 214mm), engraved frontispiece by Piazzetta, pp.
[viii], 87, ink scribbles to last page and final endpapers; title
page vignette with Cappello arms; original glazed pink
paper boards overprinted in dark violet with the Cappello
arms within floral border, verso with Venice initials; from
the Rava collection with bookplate to front pastedown.
Bettinelli’s poetic festival book celebrating the triumphal entrance
of Antonio Cappello as Procuratore of Venice. The engraved
frontispiece, though unsigned, has attracted extensive
attention both by Lanckoronska and Morazzoni. Bettinelli
(1718–1808) made extensive contributions to Italian literature,
aesthetics and history.
The first of three publications commemorating Cappello’s
elevation to the position of Procuratore (see below).
Morazzoni p. 266; Cicogna 2432; Lapiccirella 41; Lanckoronska 33;
Pettoello 482; Saks 116.