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<dl><dd>Library's copy 1 is trimmed to 33 cm</dd>
<dd>Binding: copy 1 is bound in modern quarter calf, with gilt spine and marbled boards. Copy 2 is bound in old half vellum with marbled boards. Copy 2 includes a contemporary engraved bookplate pasted inside the front cover, signed by G. Bozza</dd>
<dd>Illustrations: frontispiece depicting a triumphal arch erected at the entrance to the Canale Grande, engraved by Giacinto Maina after Giovanni Antonio Selva and Giuseppe Borsato. Four numbered aquatint plates executed by Ferdinando Albertolli: one depicting the facade and the ground-plan of the triumphal arch after Selva, two plates of festive gondolas that were taking part in the regatta (c.f. Vinet) after Rizzi and Borsato, and a plate depicting the facade and the ground-plan of a temporary structure after Borsato. The plates are aquatints accordingly to Vinet</dd>
<dd>Cicognara. Catalogo ragionato dei libri d'arte</dd>
<dd>Vinet. E. Bibliographie méthodique et raisonnée des beaux-arts</dd>
<dd>Lipperheidesche Kostümbibliothek (2. Aufl.)</dd>
<dd>Oechslin, W. Festarchitectur</dd>
<dd>Catalogo ragionato dei libri d'arte e d'antichità posseduti dal conte Cicognara, 1535</dd>
<dd>Vinet. E. Bibliographie méthodique et raisonnée des beaux-arts</dd>
<dd>Lipperheidesche Kostümbibliothek (2. Aufl.)</dd>
<dd>32 pages, 5 unnumbered leaves of plates : 36 cm</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821; Visits of state; Festivals; Triumphal arches; Regattas; Gondolas; Festivals -- Italy -- Venice; Triumphal arches -- Italy -- Venice; Visits of state -- Italy -- Venice; Regattas -- Italy -- Venice; Gondolas -- Italy -- Venice; Venice (Italy) -- Social life and customs</div>
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Morelli, Jacopo, 1745-1819</div>
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