Shelfmark
Gi.2.06
Title
Splendor magnificentissimae urbis Venetiarum clarissimus; e figuris elegantissimis, & accurata descriptione emicans; in duas partes distributus: quarum prior, templa inclytae urbis magnifica, collegia, monumenta, mausolea, epitaphia, onscriptiones, statuas, picturas, sculpturas, ac reliqua ibidem memoria digna continet: posterior, Regimen Serenissimae Reipublicae Venetae, magistratus, dignitates, aedificia publica atque privata, pompas, festa, spectacula, & sumptuosissima quaeque recenset. Opus collectum atque editum ex scriptoribus optimis atque luculentis.
Varying form of title
Splendoris Magnificentissimæ Urbis Venetiarum Clarissimi ... Pars Posterior
Publication, distribution, etc.
Lugduni Batavorum,: Sumptibus Petri Vander Aa; Bibliopolæ, Academiæ atque Civitatis Typographi., [c. 1720?]
Physical description
2 v. in 1 : ill. ; 40 cm.
Note
Includes half-title pages.
Note
Pagination: [16], 242 p. and [65] double-leaves plates; 247-324k [i.e. 344], 362-369 leaves, 370-419, [1] p. and [49] double-page plates.
Note
Includes printer's device on the title page; head- and tail-pieces, decorated initials.
Note
Title pages printed in black and red.
Note
The plates show: (Vol. I) a map of Venice, two aerial views of the city, and thirty-six views of palaces; (Vol. II) churches, public buildings and public ceremonies - all identified by captions in Latin, Italian and French. -- from Royal Academy record.
Formatted contents note
Contents: Vol. I: Præfatio Typographi Ad Lectorem - Operis Huius Ordo Atque Divisio - Explicatio Numerorum huius Tabulæ Ichnographicæ Urbis Venetiarum / Dichiaratione De' Numeri posti nella Pianta Iconografica - [Text] - [Plates]. - Vol. II: [Text] - Index Nominum, Rerum Ac Verborum; Emendanda - Admonitio Ad Bibliopegum / Avis Au Relieur / Berigt Aen Den Boeckbinder - [Plates] -- from Royal Academy record.
Provenance
Ex dono label of Joseph Frederick Burrell, dated 1983, on front pastedown.
Provenance
Ms. note on upper margin of title page: "R.L. Mundell. 1815.".
Binding
?18th-century mottled ?calfskin over pasteboards. Covers undecorated; transversal blind fillets on board edges and turn-ins. Spine rebacked with six raised bands, decorated with gilt tools, fleurons, and titling ("Splendor urbis Venetiarum"). Textblock trimmed and dyed red (faded). Endpapers of undecorated wove paper; two flyleaves at both ends of the textblock.
Subject
Architecture Italy Venice.
Subject
Venice (Italy) Buildings, structures, etc.
Added entry--name
Aa, Pieter van der, 1659 - 1733 printer.
Added entry--name
Burrell, Joseph Frederick, 1909 - 1983 former owner.
Added entry--place
Netherlands Leiden.
Language code
lat
Identifier
B51143