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VENICE AND TUSCANY - A Composite album of Venetian and Tuscan views comprising 4 works by Zocchi, Sandi and Canaletto. 1757-1784. The works bound in an oblong 2° album, contemporary Italian half calf, spine gilt (upper spine slightly cracked). The album comprising; Cosimo ZOCCHI and Others. Raccolta delle piu belle Vedute e Prospettive della Citta di Firenze . [Florence]: Niccolo Pagni and Giuseppe Bardi, [circa 1783]. 2° (430 x 600mm). Engraved title, map of Florence (dated 1784), and 24 numbered plates, most by Cosimo Zocchi after Giuseppe Zocchi (Very light staining on the verso of last few plates). A reissue of Giuseppe Zocchi's famous work Scelta di XXIV Vedute...della citta di Firenze first published in 1755. In this issue the plates have been re-engraved, the majority by Cosimo Zocchi brother of Giuseppe. Although the compositions have been changed, the views still retain the charm of Giuseppe's street scenes. Mason Giuseppe Zocchi p.187-188. Antonio SANDI (1733-1817). [ Ventiquattro prospettive delle Isole della Laguna di Venezia ]. Venice: Ludovico Furlanetto, [ca. 1779]. 24 etched views by Antonio Sandi after Franciscus Tironi, 425 x 580mm., depicting waterside scenes on the islands of Venice, numbered 5-28 (numbers 26 and 28 in manuscript); together with a set of 4 etched views Prospetti Marittimi by Sandi after Tironi of the ports of Murazzi, Malamocco, Lido and Chioggia, all loosely inserted, 530 x 710mm, each with arms of the dedicatee and Latin dedications. A very rare series of Venetian views by Antonio Sandi the four Prospetti Marittimi considered to be the first 4 plates to accompany the main island series. The Isole are in their second states with the addition of numbers on the plates (except plates 26 and 28); the Prospetti Marittimi in the first state with the captions in Latin published by Furlanetto. For a full description of this rare work cf. Da Carlevarijs al Tiepolo , exhibition Museo Correr 1983 Nos. 441-446. Giuseppe ZOCCHI (1711-1767). Vedute delle Ville e d'altri luoghi della Toscana . Florence: Giuseppe Bouchard, 1757. Etched title and 50 plates after Giuseppe Zocchi 380 x 580mm., on thick paper, numbered 1-50. (Some light dust soiling at lower margins). Third edition. Berlin Kat 2701; Mason p.190. Antonio Canale called CANALETTO and Antonio VISENTINI Urbis Venetiarum prospectus celebriores, ex Antonii Canal tabulis XXXVIII aere expressi ab Antonio Visentini . Venice: J.B. Pasquali, 1751. 3 parts. Etched general title, section titles printed in red and black, letterpress plate list, etched plate of the portraits of Canaletto and Visentini, 38 views of Venice after Canaletto. (Some light dust-soiling to lower margins). Second edition. Berlin Kat 2695; Da Carlevarjs al Tiepolo Exhibition 1983, Nos 560-571. Marc Antonio dal RE (1697-1766). [Views of Isola Bella and Isola Madre in Lake Maggiore]. n.p: [ca.1760]. 5 etched views of Isola Bella (4) and Isola Madre (1), various sizes, bound in at end of album.