Lot 181
Doni (Anton Francesco) Disegno del Doni, partito in piu ragionamenti, ne quali si tratta della scoltura et pittura; de colori, de getti, de modegli, con molte cose appartenenti a quest'arti, first edition, Venice, Gabriele Giolito De Ferrari, 1549.
Estimate: £1,000 - 1,500
Description
Doni (Anton Francesco) Disegno del Doni, partito in piu ragionamenti, ne quali si tratta della scoltura et pittura; de colori, de getti, de modegli, con molte cose appartenenti a quest'arti, first edition, woodcut printer's device to title and verso of otherwise blank final f., woodcut historiated initials,marginal ink-staining (not affecting text), occasional faint water-staining, small hole to final free endpaper, contemporary vellum, title in manuscript to upper cover, two tiny wormholes to spine foot, [Adams D184; Cicognara 114; EDIT 16 CNCE 17679], 8vo, Venice, Gabriele Giolito De Ferrari, 1549.
⁂ First edition of Doni's work on painting and sculpture in dialogue form, in which he references Brunelleschi, Donatello, Michelangelo and Cellini, amongst others.
Description
Doni (Anton Francesco) Disegno del Doni, partito in piu ragionamenti, ne quali si tratta della scoltura et pittura; de colori, de getti, de modegli, con molte cose appartenenti a quest'arti, first edition, woodcut printer's device to title and verso of otherwise blank final f., woodcut historiated initials,marginal ink-staining (not affecting text), occasional faint water-staining, small hole to final free endpaper, contemporary vellum, title in manuscript to upper cover, two tiny wormholes to spine foot, [Adams D184; Cicognara 114; EDIT 16 CNCE 17679], 8vo, Venice, Gabriele Giolito De Ferrari, 1549.
⁂ First edition of Doni's work on painting and sculpture in dialogue form, in which he references Brunelleschi, Donatello, Michelangelo and Cellini, amongst others.
