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Lot 286: RUSCONI, GIOVANNI ANTONIO

Est: £2,000 GBP - £2,500 GBPSold:
Sotheby'sLondon, United KingdomJune 05, 2013

Item Overview

Description

I DIECI LIBRI D'ARCHITETTURA. VENICE: (FRANCESCO VALVASENSE), 1660 folio (303 x 197mm.), title within historiated woodcut border, numerous woodcut illustrations and initials, modern black half morocco, uncut

Literature

Fowler 281; cf. BAL RIBA 2880 (1590 edition, but see footnote)

Notes

Second edition. "The illustrations follow those of the 1590 edition, but the blocks in some instances are recut. Pages 144-147 contain an article, with woodcut illustrations, on sundials which is not found in the first edition" (Fowler).

Auction Details

Music, Continental Books & Manuscripts

by
Sotheby's
June 05, 2013, 02:00 PM WET

Hammersmith Road, London, LDN, W14 8UX, UK