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Gaetano Zompini (Italian 1700-1778) - Book "Le Arti di Venezia," 1785 360x264 mm Le Arti che vanno per via nella città di Venezia - Gaetano Zompini, (Treviso 1700 - Venice 1778). Work published in 1785 when Zompini was already dead.
Single volume mm 360 x 260. No. 60 copperplate engravings, mm 270 x 180 + three engravings consisting of:
-Figured frontispiece:
-Engraved title within ornate border;
-Index of engravings.
Elegant half-leather binding with gold-stamped spine bearing title of the work in English "Cries of Venice" embossed in gold.
Each engraving bears a caption in Venetian at the bottom and an original English label underneath. Specimen in fair preservation, signs of use and at bottom small part of spine cleavage.
The first edition came out between 1773 and 1774. In 1735 John Strange, an English collector living in Venice purchased the engraving branches after zompini's death. A first Venice edition in 1785 with the caption in Venetian verse written by the priest Questini was followed by a London edition bearing a free English translation of the verse captions, pasted at the foot of each engraving (CFR Stefania Maronato, Gaetano Zompini, Venice 1988, p. 294 - I Mestieri della Moda a Venezia dal XIII al XVIII).
Zompini for his etchings was inspired by Annibale Carracci's collection of drawings entitled Le Arti di Bologna, in which street vendors and artisans are depicted. Zompini, in his etchings, was also influenced by the Venetian painting of Pietro Longhi and the comedies of Carlo Goldoni. With these etchings he succeeds in capturing the vibrancy of Venetian alleys.Le Arti che vanno per via nella città di Venezia - Gaetano Zompini, (Treviso 1700 - Venice 1778). Work published in 1785 when Zompini was already dead.
Single volume mm 360 x 260. No. 60 copperplate engravings, mm 270 x 180 + three engravings consisting of:
-Figured frontispiece:
-Engraved title within ornate border;
-Index of engravings.
Elegant half-leather binding with gold-stamped spine bearing title of the work in English "Cries of Venice" embossed in gold.
Each engraving bears a caption in Venetian at the bottom and an original English label underneath. Specimen in fair preservation, signs of use and at bottom small part of spine cleavage.
The first edition came out between 1773 and 1774. In 1735 John Strange, an English collector living in Venice purchased the engraving branches after zompini's death. A first Venice edition in 1785 with the caption in Venetian verse written by the priest Questini was followed by a London edition bearing a free English translation of the verse captions, pasted at the foot of each engraving (CFR Stefania Maronato, Gaetano Zompini, Venice 1988, p. 294 - I Mestieri della Moda a Venezia dal XIII al XVIII).
Zompini for his etchings was inspired by Annibale Carracci's collection of drawings entitled Le Arti di Bologna, in which street vendors and artisans are depicted. Zompini, in his etchings, was also influenced by the Venetian painting of Pietro Longhi and the comedies of Carlo Goldoni. With these etchings he succeeds in capturing the liveliness of Venetian alleys.
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