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the renowned "libro d'ore del Piazzetta", wonderful copy in its original venetian bindingFirst Edition of the most desirable Venetian illustrated books of the 18th century.
Beatae Mariae Virginis officium. Venetiis: Apud Jo. Baptistam Pasquali, 1740.
16vo (140 x 100 mm), contemporary full black fine-grained Morocco leather Venetian binding with gilt edges and gilded silver clasps, gilt silver border at boards in a contemporary full leather case, inside board covered in red silk, pp. [40], 427, [5], printed on precious thin paper, Sign.: π4A-2F8. Engraved frontispiece and vignette on title page.
15 full-page engravings along the text and 20 end-pieces
engraved by Marco Alvise Pitteri on drawings by Giovanni Piazzetta
text engraved by sister Angela Baroni
This Officium was printed in 1740 under request of the wealthy shopkeeper Caime as a sign of devotion to the Celestial Queen. The collection of the engraving's matrices of the Officium Beatae Mariae Virgins must then passed into the possession of… Read More