[CECCHI, Giovanni Battista (ca. 1749-1815)] - HUGFORD, Enrico (1703-1778) - Serie degli uomini i più illustri nella pittura, scultura, e architettura. Florence: Gaetano Cambiagi, Luigi Bastianelli, Domenico Marzi, Allegrini, Pisoni, 1769-1775.   A good copy of the first edition of this powerful historical-biographical-artistic work, a splendid gallery of portraits dedicated to artists primarily Italian, but also Flemish, Dutch, German, French, and Spanish, from the Renaissance to the mid-eighteenth century. Each volume features 25 artists who had an impact in Italy, with a portrait and a eulogy. The printing houses over the years vary from Cambiagi to Bastianelli, Allegrini, and Pisoni, and the portraits are engraved by various authors, mostly by Giovanni Battista Cecchi from Florence.   12 tomes in 6 volumes, 4to (283 x 210mm). Half-titles, engraved frontispiece at the beginning of first volume, woodcut decoration on titles and woodcut tailpieces, 300 engraved plates (title of the third volume almost detached, some marginal waterstaining, some light staining and foxing). Half-vellum, titles on labels and gilt decorations on spine, partially uncut (later endpapers, some stains, light losses).   [TOGETHER WITH, in the same binding:] - ORLANDI, Pellegrino Antonio. Abecedario pittorico dei professori piu illustri in pittura, scultura, e architettura. Florence: [s.e.], 1788. 2 parts in 2 volumes, 4to (283x210mm). Woodcut decoration on title, portrait of the author and 3 engraved plates (some slight foxing and soiling). (8)

Estimate € 1,500 - 2,500