Variae pitture a fresco de' principali maestri Veneziani [Frescoes by the Principle Venetian Masters] [with:] Varii disegni inventati dal celebre Francesco Mazzuola detto il Parmigianino, tratti dalla raccolta Zanettiana [Drawings by the Famous Francesco Mazzuola, Called Parmigianino, Taken from the Zanetti Collection]

Venezia, 1786. Ora la prima volta con le stampe pubblicate. Engraved title page with vignette. Engraved Title portrait and 24 leaves of plates, XIII page of text. Frontispiece & 15 engraved plates. 1 vols. Folio. Quarter morocco and green boards. Binding showing signs of wear. Interior with light foxing but overall Near Fine. Bookplate of C. W. H. Sotheby. Ora la prima volta con le stampe pubblicate" Engraved title page with vignette. Engraved Title portrait and 24 leaves of plates, XIII page of text. Frontispiece & 15 engraved plates. 1 vols. Folio. Including engravings after the works of great Venetian Renaissance painters Giorgione, Titian, Tintoretto, Zelotti, and Veronese. With Titian's frescoes for the exterior of the Fondaco dei Tedeschi in Venice, which have since perished. Also with engravings after the great draftsman, Parmigianino.

Antonio Maria Zanetti is known as a printmaker for his contributions to the style of chiaroscuro woodcuts, as well as for his career as an art dealer and collector. Girolamo Francesco Zanetti was a historian and philologist known for being the first to publish one of the oldest Venetian chronicles, the Chronicon Altinate. OCLC 272605179. Provenance: Bookplate of C. W. H. Sotheby (d.1887) of Ecton Hall, Northampton, England