BETTI (Giovanni Battista).

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2000 - 3000 EUR
BETTI (Giovanni Battista).
A' Dilettanti delle Bell'Arti. Florence, s.n., 1779. Oblong folio, mounted on tabs, red half morocco with small vellum corners, red morocco title-piece on first cover, smooth spine decorated with grotesque (modern binding). Bonacini, n°200. - Guilmard, p. 332, n°18. Extremely rare first edition of this beautiful copper-engraved alphabet primer composed of a title and 24 plates. Each plate corresponds to a letter of the alphabet and illustrates allegorical figures from Greco-Roman mythology. Legend of the plates written in pencil at the time on the edge of each one. A few slight freckles.
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