Susanne Schulz-Falster - Schulz-Falster Rare Books

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[REZZONICO,
Lodovico.] Componimenti poetici pel
solenne ingresso alla dignità di Procuratore di S. Marco di
Sua Eccellenza il Signor D. Lodovico Rezzonico Cavalier,
Principe del Senato, e del Popolo Romano. Venezia,
(nella stamperia Zatta), 1762.
4to (338 x 234mm), pp. 56, with engraved allegorical
frontispiece, title within engraved border by Magnini and
with engraved vignette by the same, engraved arms, title
printed in red and black, text printed within elaborate
engraved figurative borders showing musical instruments,
shells, putti, scenes of Venice etc., and 10 vignettes as headand
tail-pieces; modern full pattern paper boards, from the
Rava collection, with bookplate of the Biblioteca Terzio.
One of the most elaborate productions, with thirty-six
different borders used to frame the text. The poems are by
Gaetano Gotti, Stefano Orsini, G. Iacopo Monti, Gius. Petrosellini,
Ramondo Cunich, Daniele Florio, Antonio Macalchin,
Arcangelo Mariani, Ermineo Partenio and others. A poem by
Gasparo Gozzi (sonnet 34) is also included, and the fine vignette
on p. xx is of the Villa Gozzi at Visinale. Thirty-six different
borders are used, similar to those used in different configurations
to illustrate the 1757 publication on the occasion of
Lorenzo Morosini’s appointment to procuratore.
The engraver, book designer and printmaker Giovanni
Magnini was active in Venice between 1750 and 1780. He
worked exclusively on book decoration and collaborated frequently
with the editor and publisher Antonio Zatta.
Lapiccirella 74; Morazzoni p. 279; Pettoello 305; Soranzo 6471; Saks
131.