Giovanni Antonio Gabriel

e Cancellier Grande, Venezia: Appresso Alessandri e Scattaglia Incisori in rame, s.d. [ma 1785]. In folio (340x240 mm). C, [1] p. The frontispiece and title page, engraved by Pietro Antonio Novelli, with a portrait of Gabriel accompanied by views of Turin, Rome, Milan, and Naples, are missing. The text is adorned with elaborately engraved frames, with 12 different drawings depicting landscapes, vegetation, jewelry, musical instruments, cherubs, and exotic scenes and characters. A full-page engraved colophon at the end. The poems are by D. Florio, L. Godard, G. Pirani, G. Garuffali, A.M. Carminati, B. Giovio, and P.A. Novelli. Unbound, some loose leaves are loose. Blight, foxing, and light stains only on the initial leaves; damp stains on the final leaves. A magnificent first edition.