Descrizione delle feste celebrate in Venezia per la venuta di S.M.I.R. Napoleone il Massimo, imperatore de' francesi, re d' Italia, protettore della Confederazione del Reno / data al pubblico dal cavaliere abate Morelli regio bibliotecario.

Main entry:

Morelli, Jacopo, 1745-1819, author.

Title & Author:

Publication:

In Venezia : Nella Tipografia Picotti, MDCCCVIII [1808]

Description:

32 pages, 5 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, plans ; 36 cm

Notes:
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 one plate depicting the facade and the ground-plan of a temporary structure after Borsato. The plates are aquatints accordingly to Vinet.
Cicognara, 1535
Vinet. E. Bibliographie méthodique et raisonnée des beaux-arts, 533
Lipperheidesche Kostümbibliothek (2. Aufl.), Si55
Oechslin, W. Festarchitectur, 133-134
In Italian, with citations in Latin.

Resources:
http://librarymedia.nga.gov/library/thumbs/318230/318230_tp_cor.jpg

Subject:

Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821.
Festivals Italy Venice.
Triumphal arches Italy Venice.
Visits of state Italy Venice.
Regattas Italy Venice.
Gondolas Italy Venice.
Arcs de triomphe Italie Venise.
Visites officielles Italie Venise.
Régates Italie Venise.
Gondoles Italie Venise.
Festivals
Gondolas
Manners and customs
Regattas
Triumphal arches
Visits of state
Venice (Italy) Social life and customs.
Italy Venice

Form/genre:

festival books.
engravings (prints)
aquatints (prints)
Festival books Italy Venice 19th century.
Gravures.
Aquatintes.

Added entries:

Maina, Giacinto, active 1800-1815, engraver.
Borsato, Giuseppe, 1771-1849, illustrator.
Ricci, Antonio, active 18th century, illustrator.
Selva, Giovanni Antonio, 1753-1819, illustrator.
Albertolli, Ferdinando, 1781-1844, engraver.
Italy Venice.

Holdings:

Location: Library cage m 143316
Call No.: DG675.6.M67 (W151)
Copy: c. 1
Status: Available

Location: Library cage m 143317
Call No.: DG675.6.M67 (7426)
Copy: c. 2
Status: Available

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