Sebastiano Serlio Sold at Auction Prices

SERLIO, Sebastiano (1475-1554). Tutte l'opere d'architettura, et prospetiua. Venezia: Franceschi, 1619.

A worn but genuine copy of this richly illustrated treatise covering and representing much of the European architectural knowledge of the period, from the monuments of ancient Rome to new trends in suburban villas, churches, as well as doors, fireplaces and decorations. 4to, (230 x 165mm). Seven divisional titles within woodcut architectural borders, numerous woodcuts in the text, some double-page (lacking A4 with dedicatory sonnet; stains, trimmed at margins with loss of text to some commentary and running titles). Contemporary full vellum binding, title inked to spine, red edges (some light wear). (1)

Sebastiano Serlio (1475-1554), Libro primo (-quinto) d'Architettura (...),

Sebastiano Serlio (1475-1554), Libro primo (-quinto) d'Architettura (...), printed in Venice, by Gio. Battista and Marchio Sessa Fratelli, 1551-60, restored, paper discoloured, rebound

Serlio, Sebastiano

Tutte l'Opere d' Architettura. Venedig, Francesco de Franceschi, 1584. 24, 219, 27, 8, 244 BI. Mit hunderten von Holzschnitten. Ganzlederband aus dem 18. Jh. Erste Gesamtausgabe der Werke umfassend die Bände I -V, VII und das Libro Estraordinario. Band VI wurde erst im 20. Jh. publiziert. Ausrufdatum: 25.11.2023 Ungefähre Ausrufzeit: 09:15

Serlio (Sebastiano) The first [-fift] Booke of Architecture, first English edition, for Robert Peake, 1611.

Serlio (Sebastiano) The first [-fift] Booke of Architecture, first English edition, mostly black letter, woodcut titles, lacking title to first book (supplied in facsimile), woodcut head- & tail-pieces and initials, numerous woodcut illustrations and diagrams, a few double-page, with blank at end of Book II, trace of old ink inscription to foot of final leaf of Book I, some light soiling and staining, dedication and final 3 leaves defective at edges and repaired (final leaves with slight loss to woodcuts particularly penultimate leaf), a few other leaves frayed at fore-edge with occasional slight loss (repaired) and several leaves trimmed at inner margin and mounted on stubs, G2 in Book 2 torn and repaired, a few other minor tears and repairs, modern sheep with ornamental lattice in blind, rubbed, [Fowler 331; Harris 817; Millard British 74; STC 22235], folio, [by Simon Stafford and Thomas Snodham] for Robert Peake, 1611. ⁂ The first major work on architecture in English. This is the first English edition of Books I-V, translated into English from the Dutch translation of Peter Cocke published in Amsterdam in 1606. Both used the woodcut titles and illustrations from the Antwerp edition of 1553.

Serlio (Sebastiano) Architecturae liber septimus...Il settimo libri d'Architettura, first edition, Frankfurt, A.Wechel, 1575.

Serlio (Sebastiano) Architecturae liber septimus...Il settimo libri d'Architettura, first edition, title and text in Latin and Italian printed in double column, woodcut printer's device to title and larger version to verso of final leaf, woodcut coat-of-arms to dedication and ornaments, numerous full-page woodcut illustrations, contemporary ink signatures of A.Tabourot with motto to title and another inscription to front free endpaper, light water-staining and worming to lower margin, some light foxing, contemporary limp vellum, rubbed and soiled, [Berlin Kat. 2568; EDIT 16 CNCE 38099; Fowler 326], folio (c.385 x 250mm.), Frankfurt, A.Wechel, 1575. ⁂ Scarce work published posthumously; the only separate printing of Book VII and in folio format. The book is concerned with domestic architecture, with designs for villas and palaces, chimneypieces, doors, windows etc. Etienne Tabourot (1549-90), lawyer in Dijon, poet, writer of comic works and puzzles, and bibliophile.

Serlio (Sebastiano) Extraordinario Libro di Architettura, Venice, Giouambattista, Marchio Sessa, 1566.

Serlio (Sebastiano) Extraordinario Libro di Architettura, woodcut device to title and woodcut initials, 50 engraved plates, with late 16th/early 17th century ink manuscript note to foot of title (and alteration to date) and to all plates, also ink ornamental sketch to verso of final plate and list of Spanish names to rear free endpaper, damp-staining to title, text and first & last few plates, mostly to upper outer corner, some soiling, light marginal water-staining towards end, modern limp vellum, [EDIT 16 CNCE 36440; Not in Berlin Kat., Fowler or Millard Italian], folio (c.355 x 240mm.), Venice, Giouambattista, Marchio Sessa, 1566. ⁂ Very rare edition of what came to be known as Serlio's Sixth Book, not cited by Fowler in his list of printings and with only 4 copies located by Magali Vène in her Bibliographia Serliana, Paris, 2007 (3 in Paris and one in Madrid). We can trace no copy at auction. "This book on gates and doors was published in 1551 in Lyon with a dedication to Henry II, probably with the hope of Serlio that he could interest the new king in becoming his patron. It provides models that combine a manneristic expression and a coarsening of Michelangelo's designs by introducing Northern strap work and the influence of the Fontainebleau school. The designs had a great influence in northern Europe, especially France, and were a source of many later books on the application of the ornament of the orders to doors and gates. The Extraordinario Libro, which was never intended to be a part of the architectural treatise, replaced Serlio's unpublished Book 6 (on habitations) in standard editions of his work, beginning with 1563. Only after 1600 was the Extraordinario Libro titled as the sixth book." (Millard French 153).

Serlio (Sebastiano) Libro Primo d'Architettura, bound with Il Second & Terzo Libro, 3 works in 1 vol., Venice, [1560], [1551] & 1551.

Serlio (Sebastiano) Libro Primo d'Architettura, second Italian edition, title with woodcut architectural border, contemporary ink inscription at foot and small wormhole to lower margin, browned, ink stain to D1v & D2r, a few other ink smudges and marginal soiling, Gio.Battista & Marchio Sessa, [1560]; Il Secondo Libro di Perspettiva, first Italian edition, large woodcut printer's device to verso of final leaf (partly coloured red), Cornelio de Nicolini da Sabbio for Marchio Sessa, [1551]; Il Terzo Libro..., third edition, woodcut pictorial title with title in red & black, large woodcut printer's device to verso of final leaf, Pietro de Nicolini da Sabbio for Marchio Sessa, 1551, together 3 works in 1 vol., woodcut initials and numerous illustrations and diagrams, some full-page, occasional light marginal soiling and a few small stains to Books II & III but generally clean and bright, modern etched octagonal bookplate of Ralph Kirkpatrick, eighteenth century vellum, spine titled in gilt, slightly rubbed and soiled, [Fowler 306, 304 & 311; cf. Millard Italian 125], folio (c.355 x 240mm.), Venice ⁂ A good set of early printings of Books I-III of Serlio's great work and including a particularly good copy of Book III. Books I & II cover geometry, perspective and stage design, Book III depicts the surviving buildings of ancient Rome and used most of the original blocks. It is curious to find mixed printings of Books I & 2 as they were issued together in both the 1551 and 1560 editions but they were obviously bound together some time ago. Ralph Kirkpatrick (1911-84), American harpsichordist and musicologist.

Serlio (Sebastiano) Regole Generali di Architettura, second edition, Venice, Francesco Marcolini, 1540.

Serlio (Sebastiano) Regole Generali di Architettura, second edition, title with woodcut architectural border, woodcut initials and numerous illustrations, many full-page, woodcut printer's device in large cartouche to verso of final leaf, some light marginal soiling and staining, P1 torn just touching edge of image, slight worming to upper outer corner, a few small stains and tiny holes to leaves of Q & R gatherings (neatly repaired), modern calf, red roan label, [EDIT 16 CNCE 28611; Fowler 314], folio (c.350 x 240mm.), Venice, Francesco Marcolini, 1540. ⁂ Book IV of this important Renaissance work on the five orders of architecture, one of eight books on architecture and perspective of which only five were published in the author's lifetime, the first being this in 1537. The present work is a reset and corrected edition of the1537 edition with illustrations taken from the original blocks. Serlio's monumental work represents the first treatise on architecture in which the illustrations assumed primary importance, leading to its becoming one of the most important architectural books to disseminate knowledge of antique heritage and invention throughout Europe during the Italian Renaissance.

Serlio Sebastiano, Il terzo libro [...] nel qual si figurano, e descrivono le antiquita di Roma, e le altre che sono in Italia, e fuori d'Italia. (Al colphon:) In Venetia: appresso Francesco Rampazetto ad instantia di Marchione Sessa, 1562.

In folio (mm 340x240). Pagine 151, [1]. Alcune gore marginali, fioriture e tracce d'uso. Legatura moderna in piena pergamena muta. SI AGGIUNGE: Id., Regole generali di architettura [...] Quinto libro d'architettura. (Al colophon:) In Venetia: appresso Gio. Battista, et Marchio Sessa, fratelli, 1559. 2 parti in 1 volume in folio (mm 338x243). Carte 74; 18. Frontespizio architettonico a entrambi i volumi, numerosissime illustrazioni in legno a piena pagina. Nella prima parte restaurato il margine delle carte 26-27-30-31, alcune macchie d'inchiostro, sporadiche fioriture marginali. Nel secondo, alcune carte brunite e macchioline. Legatura successiva in piena pergamena rigida con titolo manoscritto al dorso. Sguardie rinnovate. (2)

Architettura - Serlio, Sebastiano

Architettura - Serlio, Sebastiano - Venezia, appresso Gio. Battista e Marchio Sessa fratelli, 1559-1562. In 2°. 335 x 245 mm., suddiviso in cinque libri, al frontespizi del I volume titolo racchiuso entro cornice architettonica sostenuta da due bellissime colonne coni busti scolpiti di un uomo e una donna, decorazioni floreali tutt'intorno, al colophon del secondo libro la data MDLX con la marca tipografica dei Sessa, bel frontespizio ad apertura del terzo libro con le rovine di un tempio romano, colophon del terzo libro con la data MDLXII mentre il V libro reca la data MDLIX, moltissime incisioni nel testo, mancano al IV libro le carte 33-34 corrispondenti al bifolio II 1-2 e il fascicolo LL posposto erroneamente dopo il fascicolo OO, piccoli restauri al margine superiore degli ultimi fascicoli altrimenti splendido esemplare con la sua legatura originaria in pergamena floscia.

Architecture.- Serlio (Sebastiano) Il terzo libro...nel qual si figurano, e descrivono le antiquita di Roma..., Venice, Francesco Marcolini, 1540.

Architecture.- Serlio (Sebastiano) Il terzo libro...nel qual si figurano, e descrivono le antiquita di Roma..., Venice, Francesco Marcolini, 1540; Regole generali di architettura, Venice, Francesco Marcolini, 1540, together 2 works in 1, first work collation: A2, B-V4, lacking H1 and H4, probably replaced by the first recorded owner with leaves from an ordinary copy, also lacking R2 and R3, supplied with two manuscript leaves, printed on blue paper, Roman and italic type, woodcut title, printer's device and colophon framed by cartouche on verso of final leaf, 120 woodcuts, including 32 full-page and 4 double-page, woodcut animated initials throughout, second work collation: A-T4, lacking B1, supplied with a manuscript leaf, Roman and italic type, woodcut architectural title, printer's device and colophon framed by a cartouche on verso of final leaf, 126 woodcuts, including 56 full-page and 6 plates on 3 leaves (fols. S4-T2), woodcut animated initials throughout, both works printed on blue paper, a few repairs and some ink stains, 18th-century brown half morocco, folio (342 x 240mm.) ⁂ Serlio's monumental work represents the first treatise on architecture in which the illustrations assumed primary importance, leading to its becoming one of the most important architectural books to disseminate knowledge of antique heritage and invention throughout Europe during the Italian Renaissance. This copy, printed on blue paper, contains the first edition of Book iii and is followed by the second edition of Book iv, which originally appeared in Venice in 1537. The work is made up of seven Books, which were published separately according to an order explained by Serlio in his preface to Book iv, although in reality the order was only partially followed. Book iii, on ancient monuments, is dedicated to the King of France, François I, and appeared in Venice in 1540, while Books i and ii, on geometry and perspective, respectively, were published simultaneously in bilingual Italian-French editions in Paris in 1545, after Serlio's move to Fontainebleau. Book v, containing twelve temple designs, followed in 1547; it was the last to be published during Serlio's lifetime, once again in Paris in a bilingual version. Book vi, on domestic architecture, was never published, and survives only in two manuscript versions and a series of trial woodcuts. Finally, Book vii was edited posthumously by Jacopo Strada and published in Frankfurt in 1575. By the early 17th century, Serlio's treatise and its various parts, had been translated into several languages, some as unauthorised editions. Book iii is especially important, and the layout Serlio adopted for it, with its well-balanced blocks of text and images, was later copied by Palladio in his Quattro Libri dell'Architettura of 1570. "The first genuine advance in architectural illustration seems to have been made by Serlio, and his Libro Terzo set the type of architectural illustration in Italy for the rest of the Century" (Fowler). The printer Marcolini, born in Forlì and active in Venice until 1559, issued a handful of copies of his editions published between 1539 and 1540 on large blue paper as presentation or special copies, including Serlio's Book iii and Book iv. These were intended for patrons or very distinguished clientele, as the copy on blue paper of both Books, bound together as they are here, once owned by the Prince of Bibliophiles Jean Grolier (1479-1565) and now in the Bibliothèque nationale de France well attests. The Walters Art Gallery in Baltimore has a copy of each of these Books, while a copy of Book iii only is preserved at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, bequeathed by the great collector W. Gedney Beatty (1869-1942). Copies printed on blue paper of the other Books belonging to Serlio's 'architectural encyclopedia' are not recorded. The early owner of this volume might be identified as the Bolognese antiquarian Francesco Bartoli (1675-1733), who drew numerous copies after antiques, and played a notable role in the reception of the classical tradition during the eighteenth-century, particularly in Britain. It is also likewise possible to attribute to his hand the finely drawn leaves on white paper which replace those lacking on blue paper. Some of Bartoli's drawings preserved in the Eton College Library show plans and decorative elements featured by Serlio in his Book iii, relating to, among other things, the Tempio di Bacco and the decorative mosaics in the vaulting of the Roman Church of S. Costanza, considered by Serlio the ancient Temple of Baccus (see Il terzo libro, fols. C4v-D1r). Provenance: Francesco Bartoli, possibly the Bolognese antiquarian (1675-1733; early ownership inscription on the first title and margins of fol. V3 in first work as well as fol. A4v of second work, partially legible under UV lamp). The marginalia as well as the drawings that replace the missing leaves are attributed to the skilled hand of this early owner. Literature: Casali Annali, 51; Mortimer Italian, 472; Berlin Katalog 2560; Fowler 308; RIBA 2968 and 2966. II. Casali Annali, 52; Charvet 2; Fowler 314; W. B. Dinsmoor, "The Literary Remains of Sebastiano Serlio", The Art Bulletin, 24 (1942), esp. pp. 64-68; L. Gwynn - A. Aymonino (eds.), Paper Palaces. The Topham Collection as a Source for British Neoclassicism, Eton 2013, esp. pp. 22-39.

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Architecture.- Serlio (Sebastiano) Il Terzo libro… nel quale si figurano, e descrivono le antiquita di Roma, e le altre che sono in Italia, e fuori de Italia. Con nuove additioni…, second edition, [bound with] Regole generali di architettura… sopra le cinque maniere degli edifici, cioe, thoscano, dorico, ionico, corinthio, e composito, con gli essempi de l’antiquita, che per la maggior parte concordano con la dottrina di Vitruvio, third edition, woodcut architectural frontispieces, title in black and red, (first restored to margins), woodcut devices of Marcolini withing strapwork frame on last versos, extensively illustrated throughout with woodcut architectural illustrations, some light browning, occasional light staining or marking, , early signature to front free endpaper, occasional marginalia, contemporary vellum boards, later endpapers, some staining, folio, [Francesco Marcolini], Venice, 1544. *** Second edition of ‘Il terzo libro’, published for the first time in 1540, just before Serlio left for France, and third edition of the ‘Regole generali’ (Book IV), which was the first of the famous ‘Sette libri dell’architettura’ to be published in 1537. Serlio (1475-1554) was first called in France by king Francis I to advise on the construction of the castle of Fontainebleau and was after named chief architect of the court. The first work, dedicated to king France I of France, is an anthology of the most beautiful ancient Roman and Italian antique buildings, completed with some of Bramante and Raphael’s major contemporary architectural edifices. The ancient edifices included in the book are typologically classified: temples and religious edifices (with the Tempietto of San Pietro in Montorio and the plans for St Peter’s Basilica in Rome), theatres, porticos, columns and obelisks, amphitheatres, bridges and thermal baths, triumphal arches; modern buildings (such as Bramante’s Belvedere palace, Raphael’s Villa Madama, Villa Poggio Reale near Naples). Serlio mostly provides direct information as he himself saw the Roman ruins, yet he does also use other first-hand sources.

SERLIO, Sebastiano (1475-1554) - Tutte l'opere d'architettura. Venice: Francesco de' Franceschi, 1600. Second collected edition of the seven books. "Sebastiano Serlio is one of the four Renaissance authors, with Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola...

SERLIO, Sebastiano (1475-1554) - Tutte l'opere d'architettura. Venice: Francesco de' Franceschi, 1600. Second collected edition of the seven books. "Sebastiano Serlio is one of the four Renaissance authors, with Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, Andrea Palladio, and Vincenso Scamozzi, who surpassed in importance Vitruvius and his sixteenth-century commentators" (Millard). Book VII, in both the first and second editions, is dedicated by the printer to Vincenzo Scamozzi, and the index was prepared by Vinvenzo's father, Giovanni Domenico Scamozzi. The illustrations of Book I-V and Estraordinario are from the same blocks as those of the 1584 and the Venice 1566 quarto edition, those in Book VII are reduced copies of the Venice 1575 folio edition. 7 parts in one volume, 4to (235 x 166mm). Large woodcut vignette on general title, titles within elaborate architecture border to each part, initials and headpieces, numerous woodcut illustrations, many full-page (waterstaining, general title reinforced with minor loss, slightly cropped at top margins towards the end). Contemporary vellum, title on later label on spine (modern endpapers, light staining, label almost detached). IT SERLIO, Sebastiano (1475-1554) - Tutte l'opere d'architettura. Venezia: Francesco de' Franceschi, 1600. La celebre opera di Sebastiano Serlio completa dei 7 libri in questa seconda edizione "compatta" pubblicata alcuni anni dopo la prima del 1584. Nel "Discorso" introduttivo si trova annunciata la futura uscita della Architettura Universale di Scamozzi e il libro VII è dedicato a Vincenzo Scamozzi con l'indice preparato dal padre Giovanni Domenico Scamozzi. Le illustrazioni dei libri I-V e dell'Estraordinario sono fatte dagli stessi legni dell'edizione del 1584 e da quella veneziana del 1566 in 4to, quelle nel libro XVII sono invece copie ridotte dell'edizione veneziana in folio del 1575. 7 parti in un volume, 4to (235 x 166mm). Grande vignetta xilografica al frontespizio dell'opera, frontespizi per ogni parte entro elaborata cornice xilografica, iniziali e fregi xilografici, numerosissime illustrazioni nel testo, molte a piena pagina (macchie di umidità, frontespizio all'opera rinforzato con alcune piccole perdite, verso la fine margine superiore leggermente rifilato). Pergamena coeva, titolo su etichetta posteriore al dorso (sguardie moderne, alcune macchie, etichetta quasi staccata).

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the third book ... in which are described the antiquities of Rome, and the others that are in Italy, and outside of Italy. (Venice: Pietro Nicolini da Sabbio: Melchiorre Sessa, 1551). Bibl.: Rossetti 9309; Cicognara 664; Fowler 311

Serlio Sebastiano, Libro primo (-quinto) d'Architettura... In Venetia: Appresso Francesco Senese, & Zuane Krugher Alemanno compagni, 1566.

In-4° (mm 238x170). Carte 219, 1 bianca, 52, con moltissime illustrazioni nel testo anche a piena pagina. Ciascuna parte con proprio frontespizio architettonico, tutti incisi in legno. Piccolo restauro al verso del primo frontespizio e strappo abilmente riparato nel secondo, aloni di umidità marginali soprattutto nella seconda parte e qualche arrossatura sparsa. Legatura coeva con minimi difetti al dorso e lungo le cerniere.

Serlio Sebastiano, Quinto libro d'architettura [...], nel quale si tratta di diverse forme de tempii sacri secondo il costume christiano... (Al colophon:) Venetia: per Pietro de Nicolini de Sabbio ad instantia di Melchione Sessa, 1551.

In-folio (mm 320x235). Carte 18 con molte illustrazioni incise in legno nel testo. Frontespizio architettonico con titoli impressi in rosso e nero, spazi per capilettera con letterine-guida. Esemplare rimontato, con alcuni margini interni in parte ricostruiti e forellini di tarlo riparati, alcune lievi gore sparse. Legatura muta moderna in piena pergamena antica.

Serlio Sebastiano, Regole generali di architettura [...] sopra le 5 maniere de gliedifici (sic!) cioè, thoscano, dorico, ionico, corinthio e composito... (Al colophon:) Vinegia: per Pietro de Nicolini da Sabbio ad instantia di Marchione Sessa, 1551.

In-folio (mm 335x235). Carte LXXVI. Frontespizio in inchiostro rosso e nero entro bella cornice architettonica e molte illustrazioni nel testo anche a piena pagina, xilografici. Minimi difetti. Legatura ottocentesca in mezza pelle con piatti rivestiti in carta marmorizzata e titoli impressi in oro al dorso.

Serlio Sebastiano, Il terzo libro [...] nel qual si figurano, e descrivono le antiquita di Roma, e le altre che sono in Italia, e fuori d'Italia. (Al colophon:) Impresso in Venetia: per Francesco Marcolino da Forli, 1540 del mese di marzo.

In-folio (mm 332x230). Pagine CLV, [1] con numerose incisioni in legno anche a piena pagina nel testo. Bel frontespizio architettonico xilografico, marca dello stampatore al colophon. Lievi fioriture sparse. Legatura ottocentesca in mezza pelle con piatti rivestiti in carta marmorizzata e titoli impressi in oro al dorso; minime mende.

Architecture.- Serlio (Sebastiano) Tutte l'opere d'architettura, et prospetiua, third Italian edition, Venice, Giacomo de'Franceschi, 1619.

Architecture.- Serlio (Sebastiano) Tutte l'opere d'architettura, et prospetiua, 7 parts in 1, third Italian edition, woodcut architectural divisional titles, numerous woodcuts in text, many full-page, a few double-page, Book 6 lacking C2&7, water-stained, some occasional red staining, contemporary limp vellum, lacking ties, spine worn, stained and creased, [Cicognara 675; Fowler 335; cf. Berlin Cat. 2572], 4to, Venice, Giacomo de'Franceschi, 1619.

Serlio, Sebastiano

Tutte l'opere d'architettura, et prospetiva [...] Con la aggiunta delle inuentioni di cinquanta porte, [...] Diviso in sette libri ... Venezia, Giacomo De Franceschi, 1619. In 4°. 7 parti in un volume, frontespizio tipografico e 7 diversi frontespizi inscritti in cornici architettoniche xilografiche per ogni libro, da edizione alcuni libri presentano la sottoscrizione Vicenza 1618, numerose illustrazioni xilografiche fra cui diverse a piena pagina per ogni libro, alcuni errori di numerazione delle pagine, macchie di umidità evidenti su alcune carte, qualche difetto al dorso, legatura staccata dal dorso, legatura in pelle marrone, stemma nobiliare non identificato ai piatti in oro, sul dorso titolo, autore e fregi in oro, tagli spruzzati. Probationes calami a p. 236 del settimo libro. 1 1619

Architettura - Serlio, Sebastiano

Libro primo [-quinto] d'architettura...Nel quale con facile & breue modo si tratta de primi principij della geometria - Libro estraordinario: nel quale si dimostrano trenta porte di opera rustica mista con diuersi ordini: & uenti di opera dilicata di diuerse specie con la scrittura dauanti Venezia, appresso Francesco Senese, & Zuane Krugher Alemanno, compagni, 1566. In 4°. Marca tipografica al frontespizio e 6 diversi frontespizi architettonici di varia fattezza, 114 illustrazioni a piena pagina, oltre a diverse altre nel testo, nel VI libro 50 illustrazioni a piena pagina, brunite alcune carte, legatura del sec.XIX in mezza pergamena e cartone, tagli dorati. Nota di possesso alla prima carta di Carlo Anicetti, che l’acquistò nel 1758. 1 1566

Serlio, Sebastiano

Serlio, Sebastiano. Architettura [...] in sei libri divisa. Venezia, Giovanni Giacomo Hertz, 1663.  In 2° (420 x 275 mm); [4], 433, [1] pagine. Frontespizio xilografico entro elaborata cornice architettonica, al verso ritratto a piena pagina dell'autore, ai frontespizi dei libri terzo e quarto incisioni a piena pagina di composizioni architettoniche, 13 incisioni su rame a piena pagina, centinaia di incisioni xilografiche nel testo, testo in italiano e latino (margine inferiore delle prime due carte leggermente rifilato, macchia ferrosa al margine esterno delle prime carte, altri piccoli difetti ed sporadiche aloni.) Legatura coeva in cartonato alla rustica (dorso e cerniere abilmente restaurati). Nota di possesso di Bartolomeo Giuliani. Esemplare con barbe ed importante provenienza di quest'opera considerata una pietra miliare per la dottrina rinascimentale degli ordini architettonici. Fowler 332: "The woodcut illustrations of Book I-V seem to be from the same blocks as those of the Venice edition of 1560 but greatly reworked [...]. An interesting feature of this edition is the numerous printer's devices and other ornaments used as tailpieces". Per la provenienza, cfr. Borelli, Un patrizio tipografo nella Verona di fine Settecento: il conte Bartolomeo Giuliani (17611842) , in Studi di storia per Luigi Ambrosol i, 1993, p. 7786. TAGS - Architettura - Libri rari autografi rare books autographs

Serlio, Sebastiano

Il primo [-quarto] libro d'architettura di m. Sabastiano Serlio bolognese Venezia, Melchiorre Sessa il vecchio, 1551. In 2°. 4 (di 5) parti in un volume. 3 frontespizi architettonici, marche tipografiche ai colophon, diagrammi e numerose illustrazioni xilografiche nel testo, moltissime a piena pagina, capilettera figurati, macchie, difetti, mancanti le carte Mi -Miii, LLiiii, M1 e Tiiii,legatura dell'epoca in mezzo cartonato, difetti. Nota di possesso settecentesca al foglio di guardia.

Serlio, Sebastiano

Regole generali di architettura sopra le cinque maniere de gli edifici, cioe thoscano, dorico, ionico, corinthio, et composito Venezia, Francesco Marcolini, 1537. In 2°. Frontespizio architettonico xilografico, illustrazioni incise in legno nel testo, sul frontespizio strappo riparato senza perdita e alcuni fori di tarlo che toccano l'immagine, la carta B2 e B4 rinforzate ai margini esterni, macchie e fioriture, qualche strappo riparato e fori di tarlo, difetti, legatura coeva in piena pelle impressa a secco con cornici concentriche e iniziali BR. BA impresse in oro ai piatti, rimontata, lacunosa, solo parte di un laccio presente. 1537 Prima edizione. Anche conosciuto come Quarto libro, per il posto che occupa nel trattato completo di Serlio, l'opera riveste un ruolo fondamentale nella storia della teoria architettonica del periodo moderno perché la scansione degli Ordini, così come presentata da Serlio (toscanico, dorico, ionico, corinzio e composito) diventa, di fatto, da quel momento, la sola su cui ragioneranno gli intendenti di architettura. 1

Serlio, Sebastiano

Serlio, Sebastiano. Regole generali di architetura sopra le cinque maniere de gli edifici, cioe, thoscano, dorico, ionico, corinthio, et composito. Venezia, Francesco marcolini, 1537. In 2° (343 x 218 mm); LXXV [su LXXVI] carte. Frontespizio entro cornice architettonica, numerose figure xilografiche nel testo (manca l’ultima carta, tracce d’uso, macchia al frontespizio, piccoli difetti.) Legatura in mezza pergamena (allentata, difetti). Ex libris di Pietro Toesca. Esemplare proveniente dalla biblioteca di uno dei più grandi storici dell’arte del Novecento italiano di questa prima edizione. 500

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Serlio, Sebastiano. Libro primo [-quinto] d’architettura. Venezia, Giovanni Battista e Melchiorre Sessa, 1559-62. In 2° (345 x 248 mm); 4 tomi in 1 volume; [14 su 16], 27, [1] carte; 151, [1] pagine; 70 [su 74] carte; 7 [su 18] carte. Frontespizi entro cornici architettonici, numerose figure xilografiche nel testo (nel primo tomo mancano le carte A2-3, nel terzo tomo mancano le carte SS2-4, i margini di numerose carte rinnovate, nel quarto tomo mancano le 11 ultime carte, altri piccoli difetti e restauri.) Legatura di poco posteriore in mezza bazzana con angoli, fregi e titolo in oro al dorso, tagli rossi (sciupata). Ex libris di Pietro Toesca. Seconda edizione italiana dei primi due libri e quarta del terzo libro. 500

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Serlio, Sebastiano. Il primo [-quinto] libro d’architettura. Venezia, Melchiorre Sessa, Pietro e Cornelio Nicolini da Sabbio, 1551. In 2° (355 x 250 mm); 5 parti in 1 volume; 16, 30 carte; CLV, [1] pagine; LXXVI carte; 18 carte. 4 frontespizi con titolo anche in nero e rosso, tavole e diagrammi xilografici nel testo a piena e a doppia pagina, marche tipografiche (nel secondo libro mancano le carte H1 e 4, alcune carte integrate.) Legatura del secolo XIX in mezzo marocchino con angoli, titolo in oro su tassello al dorso, tagli rossi. Ex libris Biblioteca Giuliari. Esemplare con bella provenienza, appartenuta al conte Giambattista Carlo Giuliari (1810-1892) di questa prima edizione italiana dei libri I e II, terza edizione del libro III, quarta edizione del libro IV e seconda edizione italiana del V libro. Brunet V, 304 (I-IV); Cicognara 644 (I-IV); Fowler 304. 300

Serlio, Sebastiano: Regole generali di architettura di Sabastiano Serlio

Serlio, Sebastiano. Regole generali di architettura di Sabastiano Serlio bolognese sopra le cinque maniere de gli edifici, cioe, thoscano, dorico, ionico, corinthio, e composito, con gli essempi de l'antiquita, che per la maggior parte concordano con la dottrina di Vitruvio. ("Libro Quarto"). LXXVI Bl. Titel in Rot und Schwarz. Mit Titelholzschnittbordüre, Holzschnitt-Druckermarke am Schluss und 118 (57 ganzseitige) Textholzschnitten. 34,5 x 24 cm. Pergament d. Z. (etwas stärker fleckig, VDeckel mit großem Fleck, bestoßen). Venedig, (Francesco Marcolini), 1544. Cicognara 662. Ornamentstichsammlung 2557. Vgl. STC 623. Pollen II, 1870. Fowler 314 und 308 (erste Ausgabe). Nicht bei Adams. – Dritte Ausgabe des vierten Buches der berühmten "Architettura" des Sebastiano Serlio (1475-1554) aus Bologna, die meist einzeln oder in zwei Bänden erschienen und bis 1565 sieben Teile umfasste. Eine erste Ausgabe erschien 1537. Dargestellt sind Säulenordnungen, Portale, Kamine, Bögen, Kuppeln, Friese, Labyrinthe, Wappen, Obeliske, Kartuschen. "Das zuerst erschienene 4. Buch über die Säulenordnungen ist für Serlio das wichtigste. Es enthält die Lehre von den fünf Säulenordnungen, die hier zum ersten Mal in der Architekturtheorie systematisiert wird ... Die von Serlio veröffentlichten Holzschnitte haben zum Teil großen Quellenwert wie im Falle von Bramantes Plan eines runden Hofes für S. Pietro in Montorio, oder den Plänen von Poggioreale" (vgl. Kruft 82 und 84). – Blatt LXXIIII falsch bezeichnet (recte LXXII). Buchblock teils etwas schwach, Titelblatt gebräunt, letzte Blatt mit minimal Wasserrand, die Holzschnitte jedoch allesamt in kräftigem prägnantem Druck erhalten. – Beigebunden: Derselbe. Quinto libro d'architettura, nel quale si tratta di diverse forme di tempii sacri secondo il costume christiano, et al modo antico. Con nuova aggiunta delle misure che servono a tutti gli ordini de componimenti, che vi si contengono. 18 num. Bl. Mit Titelholzschnittbordüre, großer Holzschnittdruckermarke am Schluss und 29 (5 ganzseitige) Textholzschnitten. Venedig, Giovanni Battista und Marchio Sessa, (1559). - Vgl. Cicognara 667. Ornamentstichsammlung 2565. - Das fünfte Buch der berühmten "Architettura" mit verschiedenen Entwürfen zu Grund- und Aufrissen prächtiger Renaissancegebäude sowie deren Querschnitte. - Titelblatt etwas gebräunt und wasserfleckig, sonst sehr sauber.

Serlio, Sebastiano: Tutte l'opere d'architettura. Libri III + VII. Venedig, Franceschi

Serlio, Sebastiano. Tutte l'opere d'architettura et prrospetiva (sic). Di nuovo ristampate, et corrette. Bänd III, IV, VI und VII (von 7) in 2 Bänden. 2 Bl., Bl. 50-124; 125-219; 4 Bl., 243 S.; 27 Bl. Mit Holzschnitt-Titelbordüre des Reihentitels und 3 Holzschnitt-Titeln sowie Hunderten von meist ganzseitigen Textholzschnitten. 23,5 x 16,5 cm. Flexibles Pergament d. Z. (wellig und angestaubt) mit Schnurschließen über Kugelknöpfen. Venedig, Erben Francesco dei Franceschi, 1600. Mortimer 477. Cicognara I, 668. Fowler 334. - Vgl. Schlosser 374. Kruft 80ff. – Die wichtigen Teile drei, vier, sechs und sieben der zweiten Gesamtausgabe mit den gleichen Holzschnitten wie in der Erstausgabe von 1584, erscheinen in Venedig bei den Erben Francescos dei Franceschi. Teil III, der mit dem vorgeschalteten Reihentitel mit großer Holzschnitt-Vignette ausgestattet wurde, enthält Grund- und Aufrisse sowie Ansichten und Rekonstruktionen der wichtigsten Monumentalbauten Roms wie Pantheon, Maxentiusbasilika, Colosseum, Triumphbögen, Santa Costanza (Bacchustempel), aber eben auch die sensationellen neuen Architekturentwürfe von Bramante, wie den zum Zentralbau ergänzten Plan UA1 für Sankt Peter, den Tempietto in San Pietro in Montorio etc. Teil IV mit Säulenordnungen und Renaissancearchitekturen, vor allem Palazzi und Kirchen. Teil VI enthält den großen Exkurs über Portale, noch heute eine reiche Quelle jedes Architekten und schließlich Teil VII, der den Villenbau in extenso vorstellt und zahlreiche Entwürfe nach Andrea Palladio enthält. – Papier gewellt, etwas gebräunt, aber nur ganz vereinzelt mit Wasserspuren. Einige Holzschnitte im Abdruck etwas flau, sonst meist gut und kräftig. Interessant gebunden in flexiblem Pergament als leicht konsultierbares Handbuch mit den vier originalen Schließbänderlaschen aus gedrehter Hanfschnur, die jeweils um eine hübsche, hier noch vollkommen intakte kleine Elfenbeinkugel geschlungen werden.

Serlio, Sebastiano

Il primo [-quinto] libro d'architettura Venezia, Melchiorre Sessa il vecchio, 1551. In 2°. 5 parti in un volume. 4 frontespizi architettonici, marche tipografiche ai colophon, diagrammi e numerose illustrazioni xilografiche nel testo, moltissime a piena pagina, capilettera figurati, marginali lavori di tarlo con perdita di alcune lettere, qualche fioritura e brunitura, legatura del sec. XVII in pergamena, sciupata, titoli manoscritti al dorso. Ex libris al contropiatti, lunghe ed interessanti nota manoscritte coeve al risguardo, fra cui una dedicata ai “libri da comprare”. PRIMA EDIZIONE ITALIANA dei libri I e II. Terza edizione del libro III, quarta edizione del libro IV e seconda edizione italiana del V libro. Uno dei capisaldi dell’architettura rinascimentale, raro a trovarsi completo. Brunet V, 304 (I-IV); Cicognara 644 (I-IV); Fowler 304, 311, 319, and 324; RIBA 2971 (I-IV). 1551

SERLIO, Sebastiano (1475-1554).Il terzo libro... nel qual si figurano, e descrivono le antiquita di Roma, e le altre che sono in Italia, e fuori d'Italia.Venice: Francesco Marcolini, 1540. 2° (341 x 240 mm). Title set within a cartouche held by putti above a large woodcut of antique ruins, 120 woodcut illustrations (32 full-page, 4 double page), initials and colophon leaf. (A few pale stains, small wormhole touching letters or woodcuts on a few leaves, some marginal dampstaining, a few marginal tears repaired, one with marginal loss, woodcut on pg. CXLIX trimmed close just touching.) 19th-century vellum (rebacked in vellum).Provenance: Early ownership inscription in ink on title-page partially effaced; inscription on title-page dated 3 August 1630, M.B. cipher on verso of title.FIRST EDITION. "The first genuine advance in architectural illustration seems to have been made by Serlio, and hisLibro Terzoset the type of architectural illustration in Italy for the rest of the century" (Fowler). Berlin Kat. 2560; Fowler 308; MortimerItalian472.[With:]SERLIO, Sebastiano (1475-1554).Regole Generali di architettura. Venice: Pietro Nicolini di Sabbio, 1551. 2° (346 x 242 mm). Title printed in red and black and set within architectural woodcut border. Numerous woodcut illustrations, some full-page, woodcut initials, colophon leaf. (Some mostly marginal dampstaining, a few plates with small pen marks.) 17th-century vellum (some wear or staining).Provenance: Della Biblioteca Rossi (bookplate on pastedown). Fourth Italian edition. Fowler 319; MillardItalian125. -- [Bound with:] SERLIO, Sebastiano.Quinto Libro d’Architettura. Venice: Giovanni Battista for Melchiorre Sessa, 1559. Title set within architectural woodcut border. Numerous woodcut illustrations, many full-page. Second Italian edition. Fowler 324; MortimerItalian473.

SERLIO, Sebastiano (1475-1554). Il terzo libro... nel qual si figurano, e descrivono le antiquita di Roma, e le altre che sono in Italia, e fuori d'Italia. Venice: Francesco Marcolini, 1540. 2° (341 x 240 mm). Title set within a cartouche held by putti above a large woodcut of antique ruins, 120 woodcut illustrations (32 full-page, 4 double page), initials and colophon leaf. (A few pale stains, small wormhole touching letters or woodcuts on a few leaves, some marginal dampstaining, a few marginal tears repaired, one with marginal loss, woodcut on pg. CXLIX trimmed close just touching.) 19th-century vellum (rebacked in vellum). Provenance: Early ownership inscription in ink on title-page partially effaced; inscription on title-page dated 3 August 1630, M.B. cipher on verso of title. FIRST EDITION. "The first genuine advance in architectural illustration seems to have been made by Serlio, and his Libro Terzo set the type of architectural illustration in Italy for the rest of the century" (Fowler). Berlin Kat. 2560; Fowler 308; Mortimer Italian 472. [With:] SERLIO, Sebastiano (1475-1554). Regole Generali di architettura. Venice: Pietro Nicolini di Sabbio, 1551. 2° (346 x 242 mm). Title printed in red and black and set within architectural woodcut border. Numerous woodcut illustrations, some full-page, woodcut initials, colophon leaf. (Some mostly marginal dampstaining, a few plates with small pen marks.) 17th-century vellum (some wear or staining). Provenance: Della Biblioteca Rossi (bookplate on pastedown). Fourth Italian edition. Fowler 319; Millard Italian 125. -- [Bound with:] SERLIO, Sebastiano. Quinto Libro d’Architettura. Venice: Giovanni Battista for Melchiorre Sessa, 1559. Title set within architectural woodcut border. Numerous woodcut illustrations, many full-page. Second Italian edition. Fowler 324; Mortimer Italian 473.

SERLIO, Sebastiano (1475-1554).Tutte l'opera d'architettura.Venice: Heirs of Francesco de' Franceschi, 1600.

SERLIO, Sebastiano (1475-1554). Tutte l'opera d'architettura. Venice: Heirs of Francesco de' Franceschi, 1600. 4° (237 x 167 mm). Title with woodcut printer's device, 7 divisional titles each within an elaborate architectural border, numerous woodcut illustrations, many full-page, some double-page. (A few leaves trimmed closely affecting catchword, a few marginal tears or repairs, book 7 H4 with corner torn away affecting a few letters, book 7 P3 torn.) 17th-century vellum, using a 17th-century manuscript charter in Latin (worn, book block loose exposing binding structure and manuscript). Second collected edition of the seven books. "Sebastiano Serlio is one of the four Renaissance authors, with Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, Andrea Palladio, and Vincenso Scamozzi, who surpassed in importance Vitruvius and his sixteenth-century commentators" (Millard). Book 7, in both the first and second editions, is dedicated by the printer to Vincenzo Scamozzi, and the index was prepared by Vinvenzo's father, Giovanni Domenico Scamozzi. The illustrations of Book I-V and Estraordinario are from the same blocks as those of the 1584 and the Venice 1566 quarto edition, those in Book VII are reduced copies of the Venice 1575 folio edition. See Mortimer Italian 477; Berlin Kat. 2572; Fowler 334.; Millard Italian 128.

Bettinelli, Saverio

Bettinelli, Saverio. Lettere su le belle arti publicate nelle nozze Barbarigo-Pisani. Venezia, Carlo Palese, 1793. In 4° (270 x 193 mm); [12], 192 pagine. Antiporta incisa in rame e 22 vignette incise in rame nel testo raffiguranti cammei (piccolo abile restauro al margine inferiore del frontespizio.) Legatura editoriale in cartonato giallo con stemma ai piatti, titolo su tassello (abile restauro al dorso). Elegante edizione in esemplare a pieni margini. "Le sue lettere su le belle arti in veste sontuosissima come pubblicazione per nozze fra le più cospicue di Venezia (Barbarigo-Pisani) 1793, uscite dunque poco prima del crollo dell'antico splendore, sono un esempio tipico di ciò che egli stesso chiama a ragione, con mondana ironia, istruzione color di rosa" (Schlosser 665). Melzi 304; Cicognara 1136; Morazzoni 296. Nel lotto anche Rime per le nozze del nobile signor Marc'Antonio Co. Grimani e la nobil signora Paolina Co. Manin, edizione stampata su carta forte nella tipografia di Alvisopoli nel 1829, e 1 altra edizione celebrativa del 1781. (3 volumi) 250,00 €

Serlio, Sebastiano

Tutte l'opere d'architettura et prospettiva Venezia, Giacomo de' Franceschi, 1619. In 4°. Frontespizio generale, frontespizi architettonici a ciascuno dei 7 libri di cui si compone l'opera, moltissime illustrazioni in xilografia nel testo, raffiguranti monumenti antichi e moderni, palazzi, basiliche, anfiteatri, archi, porte, sezioni, capilettera xilografici, piccolo lavoro di tarlo al margine inferiore di circa 50 carte, che non interessa il testo, mancanti le carte 200-201, recanti alcuni stemmi e il frontespizzio del libro V, aloni al frontespizio, lacuna restaurata al margine esterno, legatura in pergamena del sec. XVIII, titoli manoscritti al dorso, tagli a spruzzo, mancante buona parte della pergamena al dorso, difetti ai piatti. Alcune note di possesso illeggibili al frontespizio. Terza edizione delle Opere del Serlio. Gamba, 1644-45: "È ristampa di un'edizione, meno però copiosa, fatta in Venezia, Eredi di Francesco de' Franceschi, 1600, in 4°, ed ha le stesse tavole, se non che sono molto più logore. Questa ristampa riesce utile e comoda agli artisti; ma è eseguita contro la volontà del Serlio, il quale desiderava che tutte le sue edizioni si facessero non in-4° ma in foglio, con intagli di artisti intelligenti e di gusto, [...] L'elocuzione dell'Autore è tollerabile e, quanto alle teoriche dell'arte, non va disgiunto il Serlio dal Palladio, dal Rusconi, dal Barozzi da Vignola, dal Cataneo...". Brunet V, 305.

SERLIO, Sebastiano (1475-1554). Architectura. Books I-V, in Dutch: Den eersten boeck [-tweeden] van Architecturen. Antwerp: widow of Pieter Coecke, 1553 -- Die alder vermaertste Antique edificien van temple. Antwerp: Pieter Coecke, 1546 -- Reglen van Metselriien. Antwerp: Pieter Coecke, 1549 -- Den viifsten boeck von Architecturen. Antwerp: widow of Pieter Coecke, 1553. 5 parts in one, 2υo (356 x 243 mm). Black letter. First, second and fifth titles within strap-work border, third title in a table above ruins of an arcade, fourth title within architectural border, numerous woodcut illustrations in text, many full page. (First title with tear and with chipping to blank margins, some overall light darkening, minor staining and light finger soiling.) Contemporary limp vellum (some darkening to covers and spine, upper joint splitting). Provenance: Thomas Stuart Traill (1849-1925), Canadian physician and political figure (bookplate); acquired from Irving Zucker Art Books, 1973. FIRST DUTCH EDITION of one of the first modern works on architecture. "Serlio was the first to publish a book on architecture in which the illustrations assumed primary importance" (Mortimer). Serlio's texts are concerned with the fundamentals of geometry and perspective "but book two contains three elaborate full-page designs for the theater" (Mortimer). These are a "scène comique" and two "scènes satyrique." "Sebastiano Serlio is one of the four Renaissance authors, with Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, Andrea Palladio, and Vincenzo Scamozzi, who surpassed in importance Vitruvius and his sixteenth-century commentators" (Millard). Some of the illustrations of this edition are reverse copies from an undated Venetian edition and were used in three subsequent editions. Berlin Kat. 2569; Fowler 305; 323; See Mortimer French 492, Mortimer Italian 472 and Millard French 153. Fact and Fantasy 33.

SERLIO, Sebastiano (1475-1554). Il terzo libro [d'architettura] nel qual si figurano, e descrivono le antiquita di Roma, e le altre che sono in Italia, e fuori d'Italia . Venice: Francesco Marcolini, March 1540. 2° (343 x 234mm). Woodcut

SERLIO, Sebastiano (1475-1554). Il terzo libro [d'architettura] nel qual si figurano, e descrivono le antiquita di Roma, e le altre che sono in Italia, e fuori d'Italia. Venice: Francesco Marcolini, March 1540. 2° (343 x 234mm). Woodcut architectural title, woodcut illustrations, some full-page, initials and colophon border. (Dampstaining in the fore- and bottom margins, and in a few leaves, some soiling on the title, light wear to the edges of the first and last leaves, a few illustrations shaved in the fore-margin.) Later, probably 18th-century vellum-backed boards, edges mottled in red (remnant of morocco label on the spine, extremities rubbed, some staining and wear). Provenance: shelf-marks on the pastedowns. FIRST EDITION. 'The first genuine advance in architectural illustration seems to have been made by Serlio, and his Libro Terzo SET THE TYPE OF ARCHITECTURAL ILLUSTRATION IN ITALY FOR THE REST OF THE CENTURY' (Fowler). Serlio travelled throughout Europe and probably drew most of these ruins and buildings himself; he was 'the first writer of the Renaissance to attempt to publish a coherent, complete and practical theory of architecture in a series of illustrated volumes' (RIBA). Further parts appeared, with a complex publication history, but parts 4 and 3 were issued first. The Berlin Kat. 2560; Fowler 308; Mortimer, Harvard Italian 472; RIBA 2968 and cf.2966.

Sebastiano Serlio (1475-1554)

Sebastiano Serlio (1475-1554), The Three Books of Architecture, 1553, Antwerp, first Flemish (Dutch) edition, published by Makyken Verhuls, widow of Pieter Coaecke van Aelst, rebound in three-quarter leather, book two lacking 4 leaves, book three lacking 6 leaves, 13 3/4 in. x 9 in

PARIS 1545 -- SERLIO, Sebastiano (1475-1554). Il primo [- secondo ] libro d'architettura... Le premier [- second ] livre d'architecture. Paris: J. Barbé, 1545.

PARIS 1545 -- SERLIO, Sebastiano (1475-1554). Il primo [-secondo] libro d'architettura... Le premier [-second] livre d'architecture. Paris: J. Barbé, 1545. 2o (368 x 239 mm). Title border with the crowned salamander of François I at head and measuring instruments at foot, 132 woodcut illustrations (26 full-page), and one plate. (Light marginal dampstaining at end, d3 torn and repaired.) Modern half vellum. FIRST EDITION of one of the first modern works on architecture. Serlio's text are concerned with the fundamentals of geometry and perspective "but book two contains three elaborate full-page designs for the theater" (Mortimer). These are a "scène comique" and two "scène satyrique." "Sebastiano Serlio is one of the four Renaissance authors, with Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, Andrea Palladio, and Vincenso Scamozzi, who surpassed in importance Vitruvius and his sixteenth-century commentators" (Millard). Berlin 2563; Brunet V:304; Fowler 303; Harvard/Mortimer French 492; Millard French 153.

SERLIO, Sebastiano (1475-1554). Il terzo libro... nel qual si figurano, e descrivono le antiquita di Roma, e le altre che sono in Italia, e fuori d'Italia. Venice: Francesco Marcolini, 1540.

SERLIO, Sebastiano (1475-1554). Il terzo libro... nel qual si figurano, e descrivono le antiquita di Roma, e le altre che sono in Italia, e fuori d'Italia. Venice: Francesco Marcolini, 1540. 2o (350 x 245 mm). Title set within a cartouche held by putti above a large woodcut of antique ruins, 120 woodcut illustrations (32 full-page, 4 double page), initials and colophon leaf. (Some staining, lower corner bummped). 19th-century pink stained vellum binding using presumably an 18th-century French legal document (some dust soiling and light staining). Provenance: Jan Zarnowski (bookplate); Franklin H. Kissner (his sale, Christie's London, 3 October 1990, lot 419). FIRST EDITION. "The first genuine advance in architectural illustration seems to have been made by Serlio, and his Libro Terzo set the type of architectural illustration in Italy for the rest of the century" (Fowler). "Serlio was the first to publish a book on architecture in which the illustrations assumed primary importance" (Mortimer). Il terzo libro features antique and renaissance buildings in Rome and Italy. The woodcuts illustrate palaces, temples, baths, amphitheaters, and other structures, including the Pantheon and the Coloseum in Rome. Berlin Kat. 2560; Fowler 308; Mortimer/Harvard Italian 472.

Antonio Fantuzzi (active 1537-1550) after Sebastiano Serlio (1475 - circa 1554)

Antonio Fantuzzi (active 1537-1550) after Sebastiano Serlio (1475 - circa 1554) An Architectural Capriccio with Ruins and an Obelisk (not in Bartsch or Zerner) etching, circa 1545-50, watermark Large Abbott or Monk, a fine, strong and even impression of this unrecorded, possibly unique, print, printing with touches of burr and many wiping marks, light scratches and small spots of foul-biting in places, with the artist's initials AF and Sabastiano Inv. inscribed in the plate at lower left, trimmed to or just outside the subject, retaining a small band of blank paper below, in very good condition Image 435 x 298 mm., S. 440 x 298 mm.

SERLIO, Sebastiano (1475-1554). The First [ -Fift ] Booke of Architecture ... translated out of Italian into Dutch, and out of Dutch into English . London: [Simon Stafford and Thomas Snodham] for Robert Peake, 1611.

SERLIO, Sebastiano (1475-1554). The First [-Fift] Booke of Architecture ... translated out of Italian into Dutch, and out of Dutch into English. London: [Simon Stafford and Thomas Snodham] for Robert Peake, 1611. 2° (361 x 248mm). Titles to books I and II with Serlian scrollwork borders, repeated in titles to books IV and V respectively, book III title in a cartouche supported by putti above a landscape of ruins, 403 woodcut diagrams and illustrations, many full-page. Books I-IV printed in black letter. (Bk. I soiled at margins, repair to title affecting border, next three leaves likewise repaired on verso, ff.5 and 6 misbound; ff. 29 in Bk III torn with loss recto and verso and repaired at gutter, ff. 30 similarly repaired, ff. 45 with closed tear; ff. 3 of Bk. IV slightly stained, ff. 5 with tear into illustration on verso. Occasional waterstaining to all five books.) Contemporary reversed calf (rebacked, front cover subsequently detached, one corner repaired, others worn). FIRST EDITION OF 'BY FAR THE MOST SUBSTANTIAL ENGLISH ARCHITECTURAL BOOK OF ITS DAY' (RIBA). Its two precedents, Shute's First and Chief Groundes of Architecture (1563), and a translation of Blum's Quinque columnarum exacta descriptio (1601), both derived from Serlio. The only full English edition until recent times, it was financed by the elder Robert Peake (1551?-1619), Sergeant-Painter to Prince Henry from 1607, who signs the dedication to the Prince, and whose name appears in the imprints and colophons; whether Peake himself was the translator is uncertain. It is noticeable that the woodblocks are quite heavily inked to conceal their wear. They had been last used in a German language edition published by Ludwig Königs in Basel, 1609-09, but first appeared in the Antwerp editions of Pieter Coecke van Aelst and his widow between 1539 and 1553. The same blocks were used for the 1606 Amsterdam edition of all five books, published by Cornelis Claesz. The text for this edition was the one used for the English translation, while itself deriving from Coecke's Flemish and French editions of 1539-1553. RARE ON THE MARKET. BAL/RIBA 2976; Fowler 331; Harris 817; Millard II, 74; STC 22235.

Serlio, Sebastiano (1475-1554). , Il primo libro d'architettura... Le premier livre d'architecture... mis en langue françoyse, par Iehan Martin (Il secondo libro di perspettia... le second livre de perspective...). Paris: (Jehan Barbé for) the

folio (379 x 250mm.), ff. [4], 74, f.24 a blank, text in Italian and French, illustration : title within woodcut border, woodcut initials and diagrams, replacement diagram pasted to b5 verso, woodcut plate, binding : seventeenth-century vellum, title-leaf slightly soiled, plate repaired at foredge (not affecting image), binding slightly worn

SERLIO, SEBASTIANO.

[THE FIRST BOOKE OF ARCHITECTURE, MADE BY SEBASTIAN SERLY, ENTREATING OF GEOMETRIE. TRANSLATED OUT OF ITALIAN INTO DUTCH, AND OUT OF DUTCH INTO ENGLISH.] (THE SECOND BOOKE...) (THE THIRD BOOKE...) (THE FOURTH BOOKE) (THE FIFT BOOKE). ROBERT PEAKE, 1611 SERLIO, SEBASTIANO. [THE FIRST BOOKE OF ARCHITECTURE, MADE BY SEBASTIAN SERLY, ENTREATING OF GEOMETRIE. TRANSLATED OUT OF ITALIAN INTO DUTCH, AND OUT OF DUTCH INTO ENGLISH.] (THE SECOND BOOKE...) (THE THIRD BOOKE...) (THE FOURTH BOOKE) (THE FIFT BOOKE). ROBERT PEAKE, 1611 folio, five books in one volume, first english edition, woodcut illustrations engraved by Pieter Coecke van Aelst (?) and Cornelis Bos (?) after Sebastiano Serlio and Baldassare Peruzzi, extra-illustrated with engraved plates by Dall'Acqua and others (late eighteenth-century), black letter, woodcut ornaments, initials and head- and tail-pieces, new endpapers, modern quarter cloth, lacking (Book 1:) [PI] 1 (title), A2, 2N1, many leaves stained, repaired, extended and silked, some headlines slightly cropped or shaved LITERATURE STC 22235; Fowler 331; BAL RIBA 2976 NOTE The first complete work on architecture in English, "by far the most substantial English architectural book of its day..." (BAL RIBA, p.1825) and one of the rarest seventeenth-century works on the subject. The text is a translation of the 1606 Dutch edition, itself translated from Coecke's Flemish and French editions of 1539-1553. The woodcut blocks had originally been used in these same editions, published in Antwerp and reprinted in the 1540s and 1550s. They were also used in a 1606 edition published in Amsterdam by Cornelis Claesz, and the Basel edition of 1608-09. The earliest part of Serlio's work had first been published in Italy in 1537, and set a new standard for architectural illustration which was widely influential. Inigo Jones, for instance, made use of the woodcuts in his stage designs for court masques.

SERLIO, Sebastiano (1475-1554). Tutte l'opere d'architettura, et prospetiua. Venice:

SERLIO, Sebastiano (1475-1554). Tutte l'opere d'architettura, et prospetiua. Venice: Giacomo de'Franceschi, 1619. 4° (241 x 172mm). 7 divisional titles within woodcut architectural borders, numerous woodcuts in the text, a few double-page (single wormhole throughout affects text and illustrations slightly, upper margins a little waterstained, occasional very light spotting). Modern half vellum. Provenance: some contemporary marginalia -- Gioseffe Maria Cartenenghi (?) (faint signature at foot of title). Third collected edition. BL STC p.843; Fowler 335.

Libro primo [-terzo] d'architettura

3 parts (only, of 5) in 1 volume. [1], 2-16 leaves; 27, [1] leaves; III-CLV, [1] pp. Books 1-2 are printed contiguously; the third book is bound in from an earlier edition, without separate title. Colophons at end of second and third parts. Illustrated on nearly every page with an architectual or geometrical woodcut, many woodcuts full-page. (Folio) 13 3/4 x9 1/2, 18th century boards. Scarce 16th century architectural treatise. The first book is on geometry, the second covers perspective and the third covers classical architecture. Full of wonderful arhictectural plans, details, perspective schemata, and some geometrical figures.