Lot 278
Vitruvius Pollio (Marcus) De Architectura Libri Dece, Como, Gottardo da Ponte, 1521.
Hammer Price: £1,300
Description
Vitruvius Pollio (Marcus) De Architectura Libri Dece, translated by Bono Mauro da Bergamo and Benedetto Jovio da Comasio, commentary by Cesare Cesariano, first edition in Italian, lacking C8, G2, M1&2, N8, O1 & 2 and all after R8, with 6 leaves of contents bound at end, large woodcut printer's device to title, woodcut illustrations, some full-page, damp-stained, mostly marginal but causing some fraying and slight loss (cleaned and repaired), ink stain to edge of a few leaves, contemporary calf with double gilt-roll borders and "Vitruvio" in gilt to upper cover, rather worn, rebacked, new endpapers, [Adams V914; Berlin Kat. 1802; EDIT 16 CNCE 49742; Fowler 395; Millard Italian 158; Mortimer Italian 544; cf.PMM 26], folio (c.435 x 290mm.), Como, Gottardo da Ponte, 15 July 1521.
⁂ A tall copy with wide margins in a once handsome binding but sadly defective and heavily damp-stained.
Description
Vitruvius Pollio (Marcus) De Architectura Libri Dece, translated by Bono Mauro da Bergamo and Benedetto Jovio da Comasio, commentary by Cesare Cesariano, first edition in Italian, lacking C8, G2, M1&2, N8, O1 & 2 and all after R8, with 6 leaves of contents bound at end, large woodcut printer's device to title, woodcut illustrations, some full-page, damp-stained, mostly marginal but causing some fraying and slight loss (cleaned and repaired), ink stain to edge of a few leaves, contemporary calf with double gilt-roll borders and "Vitruvio" in gilt to upper cover, rather worn, rebacked, new endpapers, [Adams V914; Berlin Kat. 1802; EDIT 16 CNCE 49742; Fowler 395; Millard Italian 158; Mortimer Italian 544; cf.PMM 26], folio (c.435 x 290mm.), Como, Gottardo da Ponte, 15 July 1521.
⁂ A tall copy with wide margins in a once handsome binding but sadly defective and heavily damp-stained.
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