Venice. VISENTINI. Urbis Venetiarum prospectus celebriores ex Antonii Canal tabulis 38.

Three parts in oblong folio volume, 371 x 510 mm. Contemporary binding in marbled boards.

Composed as follows: Title page printed in red and black with engraved vignette, list of typographic plates, Engraved Frontispiece “Prospectus” with date MDCCXLII, Plate with double engraved portrait of Canaletto and Visentini, 14 numbered plates I-XIV; Title page printed in red and black with engraved vignette, 12 plates numbered 1-12; Title page printed in red and black with engraved vignette, 12 numbered plates I-XII. In total 3 title pages in red and black with vignette, one sheet with index of views, 40 engraved plates. The second part bears the date 1751. Bookplate “Famiglia Morosini” on the front pastedown. Restoration of plate 2 of the third part. Plates with wide margins.

Beautiful specimen with the complete series of views of Venice engraved by Visentini, taken from paintings by Canaletto. A monument of the Venetian engraving art of the 18th century, a magnificent representation of the Serenissima. The beautiful letterpress engraved on the title pages depicts Minerva with a shield and a book; the “Prospectus” is drawn and engraved by Visentini with the intervention of Angela Baroni.