Lot 82 · Music, Continental and Russian Books and Manuscripts
compendio delle vite de pittori veneziani istorici piu rinominati del presente secolo con suoi ritratti. venice: the author, 1762 [but after 1764]
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- Estimate
- £8,000–£12,000 hammer ≈ $13,466–$20,200
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Music, Continental and Russian Books and Manuscripts, London · 20 May 2014
- Dimensions
- folio (410 x 295mm.), 56 engraved leaves (text and 25 portraits), contemporary patterned paper-cover carta rustica, title-leaf slightly soiled and reattached
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4263208
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 5 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Alessandro Longhi, compendio delle vite de pittori veneziani istorici piu rinominati del presente secolo con suoi ritratti. venice: the author, 1762 [but after 1764]. Sotheby's, 20 May 2014, lot 82. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4263208.
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Alessandro Longhi, compendio delle vite de pittori veneziani istorici piu rinominati del presente secolo con suoi ritratti. venice: the author, 1762 [but after 1764]. Sotheby's, 20 May 2014, lot 82. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4263208.
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From the same sale Music, Continental and Russian Books and Manuscripts · May 2014
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early Artaria and André editions of the string quintets | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus. 1756-1791. | £3,000–£4,000 | |
| Two visiting cards | — | £2,500–£3,000 | |
| przed sklepem jubilera [the jeweller's shop]. krakow: znak, 1960 | — | £3,000–£4,000 | |
| wie man einem fürsten schreiben soll. augsburg: johann schobsser, 1488 | — | £2,000–£3,000 | |
| bibliotheca apostolica vaticana a sixto v pont. max. in splendidiorem… | Angelo Rocca | £1,500–£2,000 | |
| katholikon medicorum katoptron... sive tomi primi, tractatus secundi,… | Fludd, Robert. 1574-1637. | £1,500–£2,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Alessandro Longhi | Ritratto del pittore Francesco Zugno | Sotheby's, Nov 2006 | ||
| Alessandro Longhi | Ritratto di Procuratore di San Marco | Sotheby's, May 2006 | ||
| Andrea Locatelli | [no title recorded] | Dorotheum, May 2023 |
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