SADELER – SCOLARI. Il meraviglioso Bucintoro.

Engraving, 402x566 mm. Narrow margins. At the top in the center the title, on the left a scroll with the dedication. At the bottom left the signature of the publisher "Steffano Scolari forma in Venetia". Magnificent proof, printed on contemporary laid paper, with margins.

Extremely rare and splendid representation of the Bucintoro in navigation in front of San Giorgio, in the festivity of the "Sensa" of 1619. In the foreground the magnificent galley of the Doges, the basin of San Marco is furrowed by gondolas, sailing ships and boats of the Venetian patricians. In the top center is the title “Il Meraviglioso Bucintoro, nel quale il Ser.mo Principe di Venetia va solennemente il dì dell?Ascensa à sposar il mare et con esso parimente fù fatto il gloriosissimo incontro al Ser.mo Antonio Priuli il giorno della serissima sua venuta al possesso del Principato”. On the right, in an oval cartouche, the dedication with the date in Roman letters of the printer Iustus Sadeler “Al generoso e … Conte Marco Trissino in segno d’animo divoto Giusto Sadeler ciò dedica e consacra 1619”. Stefano Scolari, 1652 active - 1691 or after, printer and publisher in Venice working 'a San Zulian, all insegna delle tre Virtu'. Often signs as Steffano. Bought some of the plates from the estate of Justus Sadeler in Venice. Drew up his will in 1691.