Venetian views. BRUSTOLON. Le Feste Ducali.

12 plates in imperial Folio. Photoengraving. Engraving: mm. 450 x 575 ca. Wide margins. Including the explanatory text of Terisio Pignatti. Very good specimen, very nice printing.

Beautiful complete series of the twelve Ducal Feasts of the Brustolon from drawings by Canaletto. Twentieth-century edition of the Furlanetto edition with progressive numbering and the printer's address in the lower center, second state out of IV. Each plate bears the title in Latin and as a whole this series represents the most brilliant and sumptuous iconographic document of the famous festivals that were held in Venice in the 18th century. The series of the Ducal Festivals was a great success and, in fact, it is ascribed to the highest production of the Brustolon. IV States were printed. Of the first state without the number, only eight engravings were published, the other four were instead printed later, adding the numbering. This edition reproduces the original prints present in the Correr Museum in Venice. It is printed on paper specially made for this print by the Magnani paper mill in Pescia. The printing was performed by the Fantonigrafica of Venice in mono-color offset, from a photolithic reproduction on film performed by I.G.S. of Verona. Edition by the Cassa di Risparmio di Venezia in the 150th year of the Foundation, 1972.This series is accompanied by a folio publication by Terisio Pignatti describing all the engravings, with technical, historical-artistic notations and photographic images.