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<dl><dd>First published Lucca (Benedini), 1754. See Melzi, who gives author's name as Giovanni Battista Bottari, rather than Giovanni Gaetano</dd>
<dd>Fictional dialogue between the antiquarian Giovanni Pietro Bellori and the artist Carlo Maratti</dd>
<dd>Frontispiece engraved by Benoît Farjat after Niccolò Berrettoni</dd>
<dd>Signatures: a A-2E/ 2F</dd>
<dd>Melzi, G. Anonime e pseudonime</dd>
<dd>Binding: coarse gray paper. Edges roughly trimmed. Bookseller's label of C.E. Rappaport, Roma. Ulrich Middeldorf's printed label</dd>
<dd>Printed slips from booksellers' catalogs inserted</dd>
<dd>Frontispiece engraved by Benoît Farjat after Niccolò Berrettoni</dd>
<dd>Signatures: a⁴ A-2E⁸/⁴ 2F⁶</dd>
<dd>Melzi, G. Anonime e pseudonime, I, p. 291</dd>
<dd>Catalogo ragionato dei libri d'arte e d'antichità posseduti dal conte Cicognara, 25</dd>
<dd>viii, 333, [3], 335-346 p., [1] leaf of plates : 19 cm. (12mo)</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Painting; Sculpture; Architecture; Painting -- Early works to 1800; Sculpture -- Early works to 1800; Architecture -- Early works to 1800</div>
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Bottari, Giovanni Gaetano, 1689-1775</div>
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