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On Girolamo Zanetti, Editor of the Oldest Chronicle of Venice

On Girolamo Zanetti, Editor of the Oldest Chronicle of Venice

18th Century, Celebrating Venice, Great Provenance, Blue PaperJulia StimacJune 30, 2021Comment

Twelve Blue Caesars and Numismatic Imagery in Venice

Twelve Blue Caesars and Numismatic Imagery in Venice

18th Century, Blue Paper, Art & Architecture, Politics & Economics, Celebrating VeniceMargherita PalumboMay 19, 2021blue paper, blue books, history, Art History

"The book-treasures of the far-famed Pinelli Collection": The Bibliotheca Pinelliana and its Catalogue, from Venice to London

"The book-treasures of the far-famed Pinelli Collection": The Bibliotheca Pinelliana and its Catalogue, from Venice to London

18th Century, Catalogues, Great Provenance, Celebrating VeniceMargherita PalumboMay 12, 2021collecting, Great Provenance, bibliography, bibliophilyComment

Printed for a King, Gifted to a Prince: Albert of Sachsen-Teschen’s copy of the Antichità di Ercolano

Printed for a King, Gifted to a Prince: Albert of Sachsen-Teschen’s copy of the Antichità di Ercolano

Illustrated Books, Prints, Bindings, Great Provenance, 18th CenturyMargherita PalumboFebruary 17, 2021bindings, provenance, illustrated books and prints, 18th Century

The First 'Last Letters of Jacopo Ortis'

The First 'Last Letters of Jacopo Ortis'

18th Century, 19th Century, LiteratureJulia Stimac and Margherita PalumboFebruary 10, 2021Literature, 18th Century, 19th CenturyComment

Thomas Baston’s Thoughts on Trade and the Early Stock Market

Thomas Baston’s Thoughts on Trade and the Early Stock Market

18th Century, Politics & EconomicsJulia Stimac and Margherita PalumboNovember 25, 2020politics, economics, 18th CenturyComment

Hope’s The Compleat Fencing-Master

Hope’s The Compleat Fencing-Master

17th Century, 18th Century, Illustrated Books, Sports, Military HistoryJulia StimacOctober 28, 2020sport, fencing, Scotland, Scottish Enlightenment

Twelve Blue Caesars and Numismatic Imagery in Venice

Twelve Blue Caesars and Numismatic Imagery in Venice

18th Century, Blue Paper, Art & Architecture, Politics & EconomicsMargherita PalumboOctober 21, 2020blue paper, blue books, history, Art History

Pino’s history of Leonardo’s ‘The Last Supper'

Pino’s history of Leonardo’s ‘The Last Supper'

A post on the first monograph devoted to this iconic artwork.

15th Century, 18th Century, Art & ArchitectureMargherita PalumboOctober 14, 202018th Century, Art and Architecture, Art, Art History

Celebrating Piranesi

Celebrating Piranesi

18th Century, Art & Architecture, PrintsJulia StimacOctober 7, 202018th Century, Art, Art and Architecture, Art History, Illustrated Books and Prints

After Spirito: Fortune-Telling Books by Fanti and Marcolini

After Spirito: Fortune-Telling Books by Fanti and Marcolini

15th Century, Fortune-Telling Books, 16th Century, Illustrated Books, Games and Play, 18th Century, Astronomy & AstrologyJulia Stimac and Margherita PalumboMay 6, 2020lottery books, fortune-telling, chance, games, game-books, astrology

Giambattista and Giandomenico Tiepolo: The Real Otherworldliness of Two Rococo Masters

Giambattista and Giandomenico Tiepolo: The Real Otherworldliness of Two Rococo Masters

18th Century, Illustrated Books, Art & ArchitectureJulia StimacMarch 18, 2020Tiepolo, illustrations, illustrated books and prints, 18th Century, Rococo, Art History, Art, Art and Architecture

Bring on the festivities!

Bring on the festivities!

17th Century, 18th Century, Games and Play, Astronomy & Astrology Margherita Palumbo and Julia StimacNovember 27, 2019Festival Books, illustrated books, illustrated books and prints, illustrations, Art and Architecture

Printed for a King, Gifted to a Prince: Albert of Sachsen-Teschen’s copy of the Antichità di Ercolano

Printed for a King, Gifted to a Prince: Albert of Sachsen-Teschen’s copy of the Antichità di Ercolano

Illustrated Books, Prints, Bindings, Great Provenance, 18th CenturyMargherita PalumboNovember 20, 2019bindings, provenance, illustrated books and prints, 18th Century

“It is better to have a retouched painting than to no longer have the painting at all”: Pino’s history of Leonardo’s ‘The Last Supper’

“It is better to have a retouched painting than to no longer have the painting at all”: Pino’s history of Leonardo’s ‘The Last Supper’

15th Century, 18th Century, Art & ArchitectureMargherita PalumboJuly 31, 201918th Century, Art and Architecture, Art, Art History