After Giuseppe Zocchi

A finely bound edition of Vedute delle Ville, e d’altri Luoghi della Toscana by Giuseppe Zocchi.

• Engravings after Giuseppe Zocchi (Italian).
• Florence: Giuseppe Bouchard, 1757.
• Oblong folio.
• Engraved pictorial title with allegorical scene and 50 numbered plates.
• Third edition (second Bouchard edition).
• Documents and correspondence related to former owners included.
• Text in Italian.
• Modern half calf over marbled boards.

Magnificent work on the villas and country houses of Tuscany. The work was first published in 1744 and Bouchard’s first edition in 1754 with this edition appearing three years later. The engravings are by a range of different artists: Benedetti, Berardi, Carboni, Corsi, Duflos, Filosi, Franceschini, Giampiccoli, Marieschi, Mogalli, Monaco, Morghen, Muller, Parr, Piranesi, Seuter and Wagner, all after Zocchi.

Giuseppe Zocchi (c. 1711–1767) was an Italian painter and printmaker active in Florence and best known for his vedute of the city.

The villas depicted include Villa di Poggio Imperiale, Villa di Monte Gufoni, Villa La Cecina and the Careggi Villa. Some of the plates also show the gardens and surrounding Tuscan countryside, including views of the Arno for example.