Lot 186
Perspective.- Troili (Giulio) Paradossi per pratticare la prospettiva senza saperla, fiori, per facilitare l'intelligenza, frutti, per non operare alla cieca. Cognitioni necessarie à pittori, scultori, architetti ed à qualunque si diletta di disegno, Bologna, Gioseffo Longhi, 1683
Estimate: £400 - 600
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Perspective.- Troili (Giulio) Paradossi per pratticare la prospettiva senza saperla, fiori, per facilitare l'intelligenza, frutti, per non operare alla cieca. Cognitioni necessarie à pittori, scultori, architetti ed à qualunque si diletta di disegno, 3 parts in 1, the first two parts second edition, the third part first edition, title with woodcut arms of the dedicatee family of Rangoni of Modena recto and full-page woodcut illustration of a perspective lesson verso, full-page woodcut illustrations within ornamental borders, woodcut diagrams and ornaments, light spotting and staining (mostly marginal), final f. with loss to fore-edge and neat restoration, small worming at gutter not affecting text, broken upper hinge, later endpapers, later boards, rebacked, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, [Berlin Kat. 4722; Cicognara 866; Schlosser-Magnino pp.620-626; cf. Fowler 347], folio, Bologna, Gioseffo Longhi, 1683.
⁂ 'Le tavole sono espresse con chiarezza di disegno... e uno de' migliori libri in questo genere' (Cicognara). The first part deals with perspective in general, the second scenography, and the third shadows and military architecture.
Description
Perspective.- Troili (Giulio) Paradossi per pratticare la prospettiva senza saperla, fiori, per facilitare l'intelligenza, frutti, per non operare alla cieca. Cognitioni necessarie à pittori, scultori, architetti ed à qualunque si diletta di disegno, 3 parts in 1, the first two parts second edition, the third part first edition, title with woodcut arms of the dedicatee family of Rangoni of Modena recto and full-page woodcut illustration of a perspective lesson verso, full-page woodcut illustrations within ornamental borders, woodcut diagrams and ornaments, light spotting and staining (mostly marginal), final f. with loss to fore-edge and neat restoration, small worming at gutter not affecting text, broken upper hinge, later endpapers, later boards, rebacked, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, [Berlin Kat. 4722; Cicognara 866; Schlosser-Magnino pp.620-626; cf. Fowler 347], folio, Bologna, Gioseffo Longhi, 1683.
⁂ 'Le tavole sono espresse con chiarezza di disegno... e uno de' migliori libri in questo genere' (Cicognara). The first part deals with perspective in general, the second scenography, and the third shadows and military architecture.
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