L'Architettura . tradotta in lingua Fiorentina

Alberti, Leone Battista. Illustrated Italian edition of the celebrated ten books on the theory of classical architecture

Verlag: Venice, Franceschi, 1565

Beschreibung

ALBERTI, Leone Battista. L Architettura . tradotta in lingua Fiorentina da Cosimo Bartoli, gentilhuomo, & Academico Fiorentino. Con la aggiunta di Disegni. Venice, Francesco Franceschi, 1565. 4to. 218 ff including double-page folding plan and 14 ff of index. A - Z8 (sign. 5 with 2 additional leaves), AA - CC8, D6. Paginated: [1] 183 + [284] + [4] + [285] 404 [405 - 432 including last blank]. Roman & italic type. This copy contains 4 additional leaves bound between A6 and A7 comprising an issue of the preface printed in Italic (on 2 leaves) and the first 4 text pages.(pp9-12) in duplicate. Architectural wood-engraved title with arms and devices of Cosimo de Medici (dedicatee), oval woodcut portrait of author on verso, 82 woodcuts in the text (1 double-page, 1 folding), historiated woodcut initials. Contemporary panelled calf with owner s initials A M divided by a large fleuron giltstamped in centre of covers; abbreviated title and author s name LARCH.LEONBATISTA giltstamped on front cover; panels with gilt line border with small fleurons in corners; 5 compartments of spine decorated in blind with criss-cross pattern centred with gilt fleurons; neatly restored; some rubbing to sides. First quarto edition of Bartoli s Italian translation. The woodcuts are reversed copies of the folio editions of 1550 and 1565. Alberti s celebrated ten books on the theory of classical architecture (first published in Latin in 1485) became famous through the vernacular translations of the 16th century. The present edition of Bartoli s illustrated Italian version contains a new dedication to Cosimo de Medici commenting on the great demand for copies of the Florence 1550 folio imprint. Book 6 contains 3 full-page woodcuts showing different ways of lifting sculpture with ropes. The folding plate illustrates the baths of Diocletian. Military subjects are discussed in several chapters. An interesting copy bibliographically for containing additionally another issue of the preface, printed in Italic type on four pages decorated with a modified woodcut initial. Attractively preserved in a contemporary binding with the first owner s initials on sides; signature of a 17th century owner Co.Ottav.Arch penned in blank tailend of title margin and top margin of dedication. Top blank margins of 4 leaves neatly restored, minor isolated worming in first and last leaves; occasional very light traces of waterstaining. Adams 489; Fowler 9; Index Aureliensis 102.394. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ABE-6213353621

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Titel: L'Architettura . tradotta in lingua ...

Verlag: Venice, Franceschi

Erscheinungsdatum: 1565

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Good

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket

Auflage: Illustrated Edition