Lot 167: LOMAZZO, Giovanni Paolo (1538-1592). Trattato dell’arte de la pittura.

LOMAZZO, Giovanni Paolo (1538-1592). Trattato dell’arte de la
pittura. Milan: Paolo Gottardo da Ponte, 1584. 4° (205 x 150mm). Woodcut arms on title, woodcut portrait of
the author after Annibale Fontana on B1. (Title with faint soiling.) 19th-century calf, gilt (light rubbing to extremities). Provenance:
early inscriptions on title Ö Macclesfeld library (blindstamps and
bookplate).
First edition, the macclesField copy. Lomazzo was a painter and
poet who after becoming blind in 1571/72 dedicated his life to the
study of art history. The seven chapters of his book cover the art of
proportion, the theory of colours, lighting and shades, the practice
of painting and the depiction of the subjects. With the two extra
leaves at the end containing the additional chapter 17 from book six.
Cicognara 159.