Raccolta di disegni originali di Francesco Mazzola detto il Parmigianino tolti dal Gabinetto Sanvitali, Incisi da Benigno Bossi, published 1789

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bound volume with 180 etchings, some with engraving, aquatint, wash manner, or chalk manner, printed in black and brown inks, on wove paper

book: 50.5 × 35 × 4 cm (19 7/8 × 13 3/4 × 1 9/16 in.)

1985.61.2601

Benigno Bossi (artist) Italian, 1727 - 1792

Parmigianino (artist after) Parmese, 1503 - 1540

Ennemond Alexandre Petitot (artist after) French, 1727 - 1801

in gold-tooled letters on red leather label on spine of black-leather binding: PETITOT / ET / BOSSI

inside front cover: bookplates of Charles Frederic and John Harris

1994: Fanciful Flourishes: Ornament in European Graphic Art and Related Objects, 1300-1800, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994, as Vase with Monstrous Grasshoppers, in Suite des Vases Tirée du Cabinet de Monsieur Du Tillot Marquis de Felino.