first edition Hardcover
1830 · Milan
by Ferrario, Paolo
Milan: Tipografia del dottor Giulio Ferrario, 1830. First edition. Hardcover. Contemporary calf backed marbled boards, backstrip decorated in gilt and blind. Very good. [XIX] 359 pages. 21 x 13 cm. Twelve folding plates. Pages misnumbered: vii as vi, 62 as 26, 179 as 176. Errata: p. [376]. Includes bibliographical references. Includes an aquatint plate by V. Raineri, lithographic plates by Giovanni Carlo Castellini, and unsigned engravings of theater schematics. Paolo Landriani (1757-1839), an Italian painter and architect was employed at La Scala theatre, well respected there as a decorator. Text clean, back cover marbled board paper abraded at fore-edge with slight loss.
(Inventory #: 20331)