Opere del signor abate Pietro Metastasio poeta Cesareo
Subtitle: giusta le ultime correzioni, ed aggiunte dell'autore
Contributors: Zucchi, Francesco, 1692-1764, illustrator, engraver; Gobbis, Giuseppe, illustrator; Novelli, Pietro Antonio, 1729-1804, illustrator; Baratti, Antonio, 1724-1787, engraver; Colle, Pelligrino da, 1737-1812, engraver; Dall'Acqua, Cristoforo, 1734-1787, engraver; Daniotto, G., engraver; Zuliani, Giuliano, approximately 1730-approximately 1814, engraver; Zatta, Antonio, active 1757-1797, printer; Voli, Elizabeth M., former owner
Publisher: Dalle stampe di Antonio Zatta
Published: 1782
Place of publication: Venezia
Language: ita
Work titles: Works
Notes: Plates (from the HHG copy, v. 1-2, 4-5 only, and the Lapiccirella cat.): v.1: [17] leaves of plates: 1 front. port. and one plate preceding each of 3 acts for 5 plays. The Lapiccirella cat. incorrectly gives the port. + 16 plates; v.2: [21] leaves of plates: one plate preceding each of 3 acts for 7 plays. The Lapiccirella cat. incorrectly gives 20 plates; v. 3: 24 plates (from the Lapiccirella cat.); v. 4: [20] leaves of plates: one plate preceding each of 3 acts for 6 plays, and 2 additional plates for the play "Attilio regolo". The Lapiccirella cat. incorrectly gives 19 plates; v.5: [2] leaves of plates: 1 preceding the poem L'isola disabitata, and 1 preceding the poem Alcide al bivio; v.6: 17 plates (from the Lapiccirella cat.); v.7: 16 plates (from the Lapiccirella cat.).

Port. of Metastasio (front. of v.1) signed: Zucchi dis. e scol. The other plates and head-pieces were drawn by Giu. Gobbis (or Gobis) and P.A. Novelli, and engraved G. Zuliani, Ant. Baratti, P. de Colle, G. Daniotto, and Cro. Dall'Acqua.

Each v. has (the same) engraved title vignete, printer's device?

Engraved head-pieces, initials.

Leonardo Lapiccirella (Firm). Libri illustrati veneziani del XVIII secolo, 191

Morazzoni, G. Il libro illustrato veneziano del settecento, p. 243