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Illustrated by: Benigno Bossi (Italian, 1727–1792)
Author: Carlo Castone della Torre di Rezzonico (Italian, 1742–1796)
Printer: Giambattista Bodoni (Italian, 1740–1813)
Author: Carlo Castone della Torre di Rezzonico (Italian, 1742–1796)
Printer: Giambattista Bodoni (Italian, 1740–1813)
1772
Place of Publication: Parma, Italy
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with 11 etchings
Dimensions
Overall: 22.5 x 16.2 x 1.5 cm (8 7/8 x 6 3/8 x 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Philip Hofer, Esq.
Accession Number43.121
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Parma: Stamperia Reale, 1772
Catalogue Raisonné
Cicognara 1343; Brooks, Bibliographia di edizioni Bodoniane, 25
Description(Parma: Stamperia Reale, 1772) Octavo; 48 leaves; nineteenth-century gilt-stamped green morocco.
Etched title page; decorative vignettes; three full-page illustrations, including one of visitors with the Laocoon statue (facing p. 51)
Etched title page; decorative vignettes; three full-page illustrations, including one of visitors with the Laocoon statue (facing p. 51)
ProvenancePhilip Hofer, Cambridge (1898-1984), by whom given to MFA, April 8, 1943.