Letteratura numismatica del settecento veneto ta libri e stampa e progetti manoscritti: i 'Numismata virorum illustrium ex Barbadica gente' di Giovanni Francesco Barbarigo e la 'Storia metallica di Venezia' di Giovanni Andrea Giovanelli

This contribution examines some remarkable editorial efforts within the Venetian eighteenth century in the field of numismatics, medal and glyptic studies, both published and remained in manuscript. Three are the emblematic cases: the luxurious volume richly illustrated with the medals of the Barbarigo family, entitled “Numismata virorum illustrium ex Barbadica gente” published in Padua in 1732; the manuscript in seven volumes entitled “Medaglie degli uomini illustri spettanti per lo più allo Stato viniziano” by the Senator Giovanni Andrea Giovanelli, who in the middle of the XVIII century intended to reconstruct a ‘metallic history’ of the Venetian State; and the lost manuscript about glyptic art that Girolamo Zanetti d’Alessandro devoted to the carved gems from the Cabinet of the King of France and was enriched by the drawings by Crescenzio Ricci from Belluno.