Copper engraving, 420 x 880 mm, printed on two sheets joined together. An excellent example with wide margins. Some restorations to the white margins only, without any deterioration of the engraving. The first spectacular view, dedicated to W. Hamilton, depicts the Chiaia beach from the road that led, at the end of the coast, to the Casino Di Gennaro, which once stood on the water, where carriages turned around and where the presence of the esplanade provided an obligatory stop and some popular improvisation. Below are 30 references to the most notable buildings. Antoine Alexandre Joseph Cardon (Brussels, 1739 – 1822), an internationally renowned engraver, worked in Vienna, Rome, and Naples. Here he collaborated on the publication of William Hamilton's "Etruscan, Greek, and Roman Antiquities," engraved plates based on Giuseppe Bracci's drawings for the "Collection of the Most Interesting Views of the City of Naples and Surrounding Places," and participated in the production of Antonio Paoli's "Remains of the Antiquities of Pozzuoli, Cumae, and Baia." He also created two beautiful topographical maps engraved in 1772: "Icon crateris neapolitani," from the Phlegraean Fields to the Sorrento Peninsula, and "Icon sinus Baiarum," from Posillipo to Lago Patria. Gabriele Ricciardelli (active between 1740 and 1790) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active in Naples during the reign of Charles III of Bourbon. He specialized in both landscape and seascape views. He frequently stayed in London, where he achieved great success. He met and was influenced by the Flemish painter and engraver Jan Frans Van Bloemen. Giulio Pane and Vladimiro Valerio “The city of Naples between landscape painting and cartography” page 260