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190x134 mm
Rome, from Cannetti's prints, 1795. In-4°, modern cloth binding; pp. 55, [1], [10] c. of folded plates; frontispiece with the intaglio coat of arms of the dedicatee; large intaglio illustration before the beginning of the text, depicting a putto writing the name of the theatre on the base of a Capitoline lion, with the Capitoline Hill in the background; 9 plates outside the text engraved by Alessandro Angeletti and Tommaso Piroli based on a drawing by the author, this copy has been lightly trimmed. Modern binding, in excellent condition.
Rome, from Cannetti's prints, 1795. In-4°, modern cloth binding; pp. 55, [1], [10] c. of folded plates; frontispiece with the intaglio coat of arms of the dedicatee; large intaglio illustration before the beginning of the text, depicting a putto writing the name of the theatre on the base of a Capitoline lion, with the Capitoline Hill in the background; 9 plates outside the text engraved by Alessandro Angeletti and Tommaso Piroli based on a drawing by the author, this copy has been lightly trimmed. Modern binding, in excellent condition.
Specialist Notes
A very rare original edition of this important, richly illustrated historical and architectural account of the Tor di Nona Theater, Rome's largest public theater before its destruction in 1889. Felice Giorgi was the papal architect who rebuilt it after the fire that destroyed Domenico Gregorini's previous structure in 1781. This theater, one of the architectural masterpieces of late 18th-century Rome, saw the premieres of numerous operas by major composers such as Rossini, Mercadante, Donizetti, Verdi, and others.
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