Vasi Giuseppe - La celebre impresa di Ercole negl’Esperidi (The Famous Ercole’s undertaking in “Esperidi”) - Etching on paper (1774)

Beautiful Artist's Proof, representing the first complex apparatus for firework built in occasion of the Feast of S. Peter and Paolo (29th June 1774) by Paolo Posi. This wonderful Etching describing the legend of Hercules in the “Esperidi” is by Giuseppe Vasi (engraver), Giuseppe Palazzi (draftsman). Signed on plate lower margin.
Original Title with a detailed capture under the image. In Very Good condition.
Ref: G. Sassoli, Apparati architettonici per fuochi d'artificio, 1994, p. 153, n. 95.