Giacomo FRANCO. Habiti d'Huomeni et Donne Venetia con la pro - Lot 243

Giacomo FRANCO. Habiti d'Huomeni et Donne Venetia con la processione della Serenissima Signoria et altri particolari cioè trionfi feste cerimonie publiche della nobilissima citta di Venetia, Venice, 1610 [Followed by ] Gioan Nicolo DOGLIONI. La Città di Venetia con l'origine e governo di quella. Venetia, 1614. Jardin de Flore, Paris, 1977. In-4 with 1 f. title, 1 f. dedication, 31 color plates Followed by : 1 title page, 5 ffnch. 12 color plates, 2 on double page, publisher's binding. Luxurious publication based on the only known illuminated copy. The engraved plates were reproduced by Daniel Jacomet on Richard de Bas's Auvergne paper. The colors were reconstituted by the painter Jean-Marie Ledannois and executed in Daniel Jacomet's workshops, enhanced with gold and silver, then burnished with agate. Edition of 250 copies on handmade vergé pur chiffon from Moulin Richard de Bas, with the Jardin de Flore watermark. Reissue of one of the finest books on the city of Venice, the costumes of its inhabitants and its carnival in the 16th century. "Lovers of Venice, which is slowly dying today in the midst of general indifference, will be happy to rediscover, through the pages of this sumptuous edition, a little of the noise and fury of this city, at a time when its influence extended over the whole world. The plates in this book were printed in the Daniel Jacomet workshops in Montrouge, also responsible for the illumination, which was carried out entirely by hand. The gold and silver used to enhance the engravings are genuine, and to preserve the book's freshness and sometimes naivety, the color application technique of the period has been respected and reconstituted by painter Jean-Marie Ledannois. "