Boschini, Marco. La carta del navegar pitoresco.... Lot 37
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Boschini, Marco. La carta del navegar pitoresco. Venice, Francesco Baba, 1660. In 4° (193 x 142 mm); [24], 680 [but 682], [10] pages. Engraved allegorical frontispiece, portrait of author, 25 full-page copper-engraved plates in text (slight halo to inner white margin.) Parchment binding with manuscript title to smooth spine (worn). Ex libris by Kenneth Clark Saltwood.
First edition written in Venetian dialect. Notable as the author understands the new currents in Venetian painting and declares himself an admirer of Velazquez and Rubens.
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