Lot 62
Fine arts & architecture.- Lomazzo (Giovanni Paolo) Trattato dell'Arte della Pittura, Scoltura, et Architettura, first edition, second issue, Milan, Paolo Gottardo Pontio, 1585.
Hammer Price: £650
Description
Fine arts & architecture.- Lomazzo (Giovanni Paolo) Trattato dell'Arte della Pittura, Scoltura, et Architettura, first edition, second issue, title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut portrait of author on B1 (title to Book I), woodcut historiated initials, errata f. at end, occasional spotting or light staining, little water-staining to upper gutters at end, lightly browned, contemporary limp vellum, rebacked, preserving original chipped / split backstrip, creased and soiled, [Adams L1420; Cicognara 160; Fowler 186], 4to, Milan, Paolo Gottardo Pontio, 1585.
⁂ One of the most important works on the theory of art in the 16th century. Includes discussion of proportion, motion, colour, light and perspective.
Provenance: 'Biblio D.D. Corroli de Pradoe' (later ink inscription to title).
Description
Fine arts & architecture.- Lomazzo (Giovanni Paolo) Trattato dell'Arte della Pittura, Scoltura, et Architettura, first edition, second issue, title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut portrait of author on B1 (title to Book I), woodcut historiated initials, errata f. at end, occasional spotting or light staining, little water-staining to upper gutters at end, lightly browned, contemporary limp vellum, rebacked, preserving original chipped / split backstrip, creased and soiled, [Adams L1420; Cicognara 160; Fowler 186], 4to, Milan, Paolo Gottardo Pontio, 1585.
⁂ One of the most important works on the theory of art in the 16th century. Includes discussion of proportion, motion, colour, light and perspective.
Provenance: 'Biblio D.D. Corroli de Pradoe' (later ink inscription to title).