Giustiniani, Vincenzo

FIRST EDITION, volume 1 (of 2), folio (470 x 365mm.), 153 numbered and engraved plates, including title (plate 1), portrait of Giustiniani  (pl. 2, dated 1631) and engraved text (pl. 153), wide-margins, EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with 10 additional plates of classical sculpture (each trimmed to plate mark and mounted), contemporary polished calf, sides with double gilt rule border and fleur-de-lys at each corner, spine in eight compartments with raised bands gilt, a few plates trimmed to plate mark and mounted (nos. 2 and 139-141), plate 3 creased, light spotting, hole to blank margin of title, spine worn with loss, extremities slightly worn

Charles Chauncey (1709-1777), physician, antiquary and collector, armorial bookplate; manuscript note on preliminary free endpaper "Bought at Mr Chauncy's sale 17 May 1790 cost £2.14

Cicognara 3397 ('Opera pregievolissima per la serie de'preziosi monumenti')

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate.
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Giustiniani (1564-1637) was an aristocratic Italian banker, art collector and patron of Caravaggio. The family's art collection contained over 300 paintings (including 15 by Caravaggio) and over 1200 sculptures.