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GALLI BIBIENA, GIUSEPPE. Architetture, e Prospettive. [55] leaves, comprising engraved allegorical frontispiece, portrait of Emperor Charles VI, title, letterpress preface, engraved dedication, and 50 plates. Folio, 617x408 mm, contemporary 1/2 vellum over marbled boards, rebacked in the 20th century, moderately worn, with stain on front cover; light to moderate marginal foxing throughout, scattered mostly minor stains, repaired clean tear in frontispiece. Augsburg: Andreas Pfeffel, 1740
first edition of a superb collection of engravings after designs by Galli Bibiena (1696?-1756), the outstanding talent in a dynasty of Italian theatrical architects and scenographers who served the courts of Europe. "The plates . . . show brilliant baroque compositions for catafalques, theatrical scenes, a series of the Passion in elaborate architectural settings and the decoration of the Riding School at Vienna for the marriage of Archduchess Mariana with Prince Charles of Lorraine" (Fowler). Berlin 4152; Fowler 136; Millard III, 37.
