Raccolta di alcuni disegni del Barberi da Cento, detto il Guercino
Contributors: Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778, engraver; Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727-1815, engraver; Ottaviani, Giovanni, approximately 1735-1808, engraver; Piroli, Tommaso, approximately 1752-1824, entgraver; Salomoni, Generoso, 1714-1779, printer; Mitchell, Herbert, former owner; Herbert Mitchell Bequest (Avery Library)
Publisher: Nella Stamperia di Giovanni Generoso Salomoni
Published: 1764
Place of publication: In Roma
Language: ita
Number of pages: 23
Subjects: Baroque Painting; Pictorial works; Early works to 1800
Notes: Engraved by Piranesi, Bartolozzi, Nevay, Ottaviani, Piroli, Buratto, and others, chiefly after paintings by Guercino.

Illustrated engraved dedicatory leaf: Raccolta di alcuni disegni del Barberi da cento detto il Guercino incisi in rame, e presentati al singolar merito del Sig. Tommaso Jenkins pittore, ed Accademico di S. Luca, in atto di rispetto, e d'amicizia dall'Architetto, e suo coaccademico, Gio. Battista Piranesi. Si vendono presso il medesimo Piranesi ...

Many plates printed in sepia and black.

Letterpress title page in red and black, with engraved device.

Avery Classics copy 1 (AE659 P662 v.21 FF): With the letterpress title page.

Avery Classics copy 2 (AE659 P663 v.21 FF): Without the letterpress title page.

Avery Classics copy 3: Imperfect; with the letterpress title page, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates (1 folded); other leaves of plates wanting. Numbering supplied in pencil suggests the plates are out of order, and the missing plates are 7-9, 19-20, and 22-23.

Gift; Herbert Mitchell

Avery Classics copy 2 (AE659 P663 v.21 FF): Binding: Half red leather and red decorated paper over pasteboard; with library cloth dust jackets.