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Antonio Maria Zanetti the Elder and Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1679-1767, and circa 1696-1770) Raccolta di varie Stampe a chiaroscuro, tratte dai disegni originali di Francesco Mazzuola, detto il Parmigianino, e d'altri autori da Anton Maria Zanetti Q.m GIR. che gli stessi disegni possiede parte prima in Venezia, MDCCXLIX two parts in one volume,each part with hand-lettered woodcut title, part one with two leaves of letterpress dedication to Prince Wencelaus of Lichtenstein and one-leaf index, part two with one-leaf letterpress index, chiaroscuro woodcuts printed in colours, engravings and etchings, including 70 chiaroscuro woodcuts, from the set of 71 by A. M. Zanetti, circa 1721-1740, fine impressions, the colours strong and fresh; and the set of ten Vari Capricci etchings, by G. B. Tiepolo, before 1749, and the prints listed below, fine, crisp impressions, with narrow to thread margins or trimmed on the platemark, and mounted within Zanetti's wash borders, on fine 18th century laid paper, one interleaf with watermark Initials AS (similar to Robison wmk. 52, dated 1748-9), some glue-stains, some foxmarks and pale discoloration on the support sheets, otherwise generally in very good condition, contemporary Italian mottled sheep binding tooled in gilt with rolltools and corner stamps, large central oval enclosing A. M. Zanetti's arms, spine gilt in compartments, with monogram GTB label of Gustaf Trolle Bonde at foot, edges mottled and gilt, speckled endpapers, lightly rubbed at extremities (album) Parte Prima , title page by A. M. Zanetti, chiaroscuro woodcut (Bartsch 1) Portrait of A. M. Zanetti, by J. A. Faldoni after R. Carriera, etching (Le Blanc 16) 37 chiaroscuro woodcuts by A. M. Zanetti after Parmigianino (B. 2-26, 28-40, 59) one etching by A. M. Zanetti one etching by J. A. Faldoni after Parmigianino one etching by Zucchi after Parmigianino one etching by A. M. Zanetti after Parmigianino five engravings by J. A. Faldoni after Parmigianino Parte Seconda , title page by A. M. Zanetti (?), chiaroscuro woodcut 29 chiaroscuro woodcuts by A. M. Zanetti after Parmigianino, Raphael and others (B. 27, 41-58, 60-68, 70-71) one etching by C. Orsolini after Parmigianino eight engravings by J. A. Faldoni after Parmigianino the set of ten Capricci etchings by G. B. Tiepolo (Rizzi 29-38) overall S. 446 x 237mm.