Venice: Nello stabilimento nazionale di Guiseppe Antonelli, 1858.

In two volumes. Large Folio. Contemporary half-morocco.  Vol. I: 132 pp., 127 plates; volume II: 141 pp., 131 plates. Second edition. An exhaustive survey of Venetian architecture by Cicognara, Antonio Diedo, and Giannantonio Selva, with each of the three authors responsible for the selection, representation, and notes for specific buildings. There are measured drawings, plans, and elevations for religious and domestic building, including the Palazzo Griman, Palazzo Ducale, the Basilica Di S. Marce, Tempo Di S. Giorgo Maggiore, and many more. Cicognana was President of the Accademia delle Belle Art at Venice, and was one of the great book collectors of the early nineteenth century. Some cover wear; the text is fresh  and the plates are bright. Rare