Lot 50
  • 50

Marieschi, Michele

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description

  • Magnificentiores Selectioresque Urbis Venetiarum Prospectus. (Venice, circa 1741)
  • paper, ink, leather
Folio, 21 etchings (lacking title plate); second state, with the plate numbers, watermark 3 Crescent Moons for plates numbered 3 to 6, 8 to 18, and 21, Smiling Crescent Moon for plate 20, Arms ofr palte 19. The order of the plates is different than in Mauroner (who listed the first state before number).
A composed set with 3 (or 4) different copies. 
Size of the plates: 
plates 2-7, 9, 10, 12, 13, 15-17, 19-22: 21 7/8 x 15 in; 555 x 385 mm
plates 8, 18: 21 1/8 x 13 7/8 in.; 535 x 351 mm
plate 11: 20 7/8 x 14 1/4 in.; 528 x 361 mm
plate 14: 20 3/4 x 14 in.; 524 x 355 mm
Half brown cloth, paste paper over boards; rubbed. 

Literature

Succi, Dario, Le Incisioni di Michele Marieschi, 1981, nos. 6-27;  Mauroner, Fabio, "Catalogue of the Complete Etchings of Michele Marieschi", Print Collector's Quarterly, April 1940, vol. 27, #2, pp.199-211; Millard 59; Cicognara 4040; Berlin 2697; Pedrocco 1-22

Catalogue Note

Rare set of etchings by Marieschi, in second state with the plates numbered