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Ridolfino Venuti (1705-1763)
Category
Books
Date
1763
Materials
Place of origin
Italy
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 3049789
Summary
Bibliographic description
2v.,96 plates (1 folding) . ill.. . 4to.. Not identified in 1768 catalogue. Imperfect: wanting plate 1, 'Tempio di Romolo'. The English list of subscribers contains 'Grey, the Right Hon. Lord.' [i.e. Harry Grey, 4th earl of Stamford (1715-1768)]. Provenance: manuscript inscription on final printed leaf of vol. 1: cose [i.e.: George Harry Grey, 6th earl of Stamford (1756-1845).]. Binding: Printed, decorated, coloured paper over stiff card (as issued?); loosely stitched (4 holes); sewn onto 5 rope cords; spines damaged, pieces missing, evidence of earlier repair (backing paper to spine fragments). Italian binding?.
Makers and roles
Ridolfino Venuti (1705-1763) Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Mogliano 1720 – Rome 1778) Niccolò Mogalli (b.1723)