Lot 69: Francesco Zucchi (1692-1764)

The Rialto, Venice pen and brown ink, grey wash 57/8 x 8 in. (150 x 202 mm.) PROVENANCE Anon. sale; Sotheby's London, 9 July 1968, lot 67 (œ120 to Agnew). ENGRAVED For T. Salmon, Lo Stato presente di tutti i paesi e popoli del mondo..., Venice, 1739-1756, XX, pl. 36. NOTES Salmon's Lo Stato presente was published in Venice by G.B. Albrizzi in 1739-1756. The second edition of the work appeared in 26 volumes and aimed at giving an account of the geography and the political and moral background of many countries in the world, from Iceland to China. Volumes XVIII to XXIII covered Italy.