A collection of some of the finest prospects in Italy, . with short remarks on them, by Abbate R. Venuti Antiquarian to the Pope, and Fellow of the Royal Society of London. Engraved by various celebrated engravers at Rome. ... Vol. I.
Ridolfino Venuti (1705-1763)
Category
Books
Date
1762
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire
NT 3141839
Summary
Bibliographic description
vi,80p., plates . ill.. . obl 4to.. Manuscript notes and illustrations on front and rear flyleafs, including cups, a horse(?), "NP" and sums; loose print of trees dated 1770 inserted at rear. Provenance: Eighteenth-century armorial bookplate, Curzon impaling Colyear, signature (Strongitharm) illegible: 'Recte et Suaviter' (Franks 7704; Lee's London Bookplates (1985) 193) [Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Baron Scarsdale (1726-1804) m. 1750 Caroline Colyear]. Binding: Eighteenth-century quarter leather binding; paper over boards.
Makers and roles
Ridolfino Venuti (1705-1763)