GUARANA (Jacopo). Oracoli auguri, aruspici, sibille, indovini della religione pagana. Tratti da antichissimi monumenti, o sulle traccie della storia. In Venezia, s.n., 1792. In-folio, [86] leaves, modest contemporary marbled boards (lacunae on spine, edges and corners worn, boards rubbed; angular wetness on first 15 and last 15 f.).
Collection of commented figures with emblematic intent, based on figures from Antiquity. Entirely copper-engraved and printed on one side of each leaf, it comprises a frontispiece and 41 full-page figures based on drawings by the Venetian painter Jacopo Guarana (1720-1808), with explanatory text opposite. Text and figures are framed by a decorative engraved border.
Provenance: Robert de Billy (bookplate); Daniel Appia (bookplate).
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