Boschini (Marco)

Le ricche minere della pittura veneziana, second edition, half title, engraved frontispiece depicting the allegory of Painting, woodcut ornaments, 6 engraved plates representing the patron saints of Venice’s districts -Saint Mark with the Lion, Saint Peter (Castello), Saint Paul (S. Polo), Saint Nicoló (Dorsoduro), Saint John, Santa Croce - text occasionally underlined in red, shelf mark in red pencil to front free endpaper, library stamp on title, ex libris of Giovanni Calichiopuli, contemporary vellum boards, title inked to spine, fore-edges sprinkled red, soiled, [Cicognara 4351; Schlosser, Letteratura Artistica, 473, 484 ff.], 12mo, Francesco Nicolini, Venice, 1674.

*** Second extended edition (princeps 1664) of the earliest guide to the paintings and frescoes in 17th century Venice, preserved in collections both public and private. The work contains important biographical data of the most celebrated Venetian painters and divides the City into its six principal districts, listing the most noteworthy buildings and their contents, giving details of the authorship, subject and location of all works of art.