Lot 51
Cataneo (Pietro) I Quattro primi libri di architettura, first edition, Venice, Son of Aldus, 1554.
Hammer Price: £1,400
Description
Cataneo (Pietro) I Quattro primi libri di architettura, first edition, Roman type, woodcut printer's device to title and verso of final leaf, woodcut historiated initials, numerous woodcut illustrations and diagrams, some full-page, some light foxing, mostly to title and first few leaves, trace of library stamp to title, a good copy with wide margins, later half vellum over marbled boards, a little rubbed, rebacked in vellum preserving green roan label, new endpapers, [Adams C1024; Ahmanson-Murphy 463; Berlin Kat. 2576; EDIT 16 CNCE 10234; Fowler 82], folio (c.350 x 240mm.), [Venice], [Son of Aldus], 1554.
⁂ Important architectural treatise with particular focus on the planning of fortified towns.
Description
Cataneo (Pietro) I Quattro primi libri di architettura, first edition, Roman type, woodcut printer's device to title and verso of final leaf, woodcut historiated initials, numerous woodcut illustrations and diagrams, some full-page, some light foxing, mostly to title and first few leaves, trace of library stamp to title, a good copy with wide margins, later half vellum over marbled boards, a little rubbed, rebacked in vellum preserving green roan label, new endpapers, [Adams C1024; Ahmanson-Murphy 463; Berlin Kat. 2576; EDIT 16 CNCE 10234; Fowler 82], folio (c.350 x 240mm.), [Venice], [Son of Aldus], 1554.
⁂ Important architectural treatise with particular focus on the planning of fortified towns.
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