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CANAL, Antonio (1697-1768, called 'Il Canaletto'). Vedute altre prese da i luoghi altre ideate da Antonio Canal e da esso intagliate poste in prospetiva. [Venice: after 6 June 1744]. Oblong folio (458 x 628mm). Etched title and 30 plates by and after Canaletto (Bromberg nos. 1-11, 13-16, 18-33) on 18 sheets. Uncut in original grey wrappers (frayed and with small repairs). Contained within modern morocco-backed marbled box. Provenance : Mr. Jenner (contemporary ownership signature on verso of front wrapper). Using Bromberg's numbering, the set comprises: 1. Title. 2nd state (of 2). Watermark: triple crescent. (Light surface soiling to margins, foremargin frayed.) 2. La Torre di Malghera . 2nd state (of 3). Watermark: triple crescent with A.S. countermark. 3. Mestre. 1st state (of 2). Early impression. Watermark: triple crescent and A.[S.] countermark. 4. Al Dolo. 2nd state (of 3). Watermark: triple crescent and A.S. countermark. 5. Ale Porte del del Dolo. 2nd state (of 3). Watermark: crescent and A.S. countermark 6. Le Porte del Dolo . 2nd state (of 3). No watermark. 7. Sa. Giustina in prà della Vale. 1st state (of 2). Watermark: [?]crescent and A.S. countermark. 8. Prà della Valle . 1st state (of 2). Watermark: triple crescent and A.S. countermark. (Slight marginal spotting.) 9. View of a Town on a River Bank. 1st state (of 2). Watermark: [?]crescent and A.S. countermark. 10. The Portico with a Lantern. 2nd state (of 3). Watermark: crescent and A.S. countermark. 11. Imaginary View of Padua. 2nd state (of 3). Watermark: [?]crescent and A.S. countermark. 13, 14. The House with the Inscription (one state), The House with the Peristyle (2nd state, of 2). Two etchings on one sheet, forming the right and left half of the undivided plate 12, Imaginary View of Venice. Watermark: triple crescent. (Margins frayed, internal tear at inner margin, small repair to foremargin.) 15, 32, 33. The Bishop's Tomb (one state), The Wagon passing over a Bridge (2nd state, of 2), The Little Monument (2nd state, of 2). Three etchings on one sheet. Watermark: triple crescent and A.S. countermark. 16. View of a Town with a Bishop's Tomb. 1st state (of 2). Watermark: triple crescent and A.S. countermark. 18, 19, 20, 21. La Libreria V (2nd state, of 3), La Piera del Bando (2nd state, of 3), The Market on the Molo (3rd state, of 4), Le Preson V (2nd state, of 3). Four etchings on one sheet. Watermark: triple crescent and A.S. countermark. 22, 23, 24, 25. Mountainous Landscape with Five Bridges (2nd state A, of 2), The Equestrian Monument (one state), The Terrace (2nd state, of 3), Le Procuratie Niove e S. Ziminian V (1st state, of 2). Four etchings on one sheet. Watermark: triple crescent and A.S. countermark. (Paper fault and small repair at upper blank margin.) 26, 27, 28, 29. The Market at Dolo (3rd state, of 4), Landscape with the Pilgrim at Prayer (3rd state, of 3), Landscape with Tower and Two Ruined Pillars (1st state of 2), Landscape with a Woman at a Well (1st state, of 3). Four etchings on one sheet. Watermark: triple crescent and A.S. countermark. 30, 31. Imaginary View of S. Giacomo di Rialto (1st state, of 2), Landscape with Ruined Monuments (one state). Two etchings on one sheet. Watermark: [?]crescent and A.S. countermark. (Repair at lower right hand corner.) FINE STRONG IMPRESSIONS, THE SHEETS WITH DECKLE EDGES AND IN CONTEMPORARY WRAPPERS. Although other series of etchings were produced after Canaletto, this is the artist's sole etched work. The only plates not included are 12, the Imaginary View of Venice on an undivided plate, of which only six known impressions exist; 17, Fragment of a Bishop's Tomb, of which the only known example is at Windsor; 34, Landscape with a Church, Houses and Two Pillars, known only in two impressions; and 35 Alpine Landscape, of which the one impression is again at Windsor. The actual order of the etchings as bound is: 1; 7; 10; 11; 9; 8; 5; 6; 4; 3; 2; 15, 32-33; 30-31; 22-25; 18-21; 26-29; 13-14. Canale