Lot 32: 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.