Lot 260

Architecture.- Leonardi (Domenico Felice) Le Delizie della Villa di Castellazzo, first edition, [Milan, 1743].

 

Estimate: £3,500 - 5,000

Description

Architecture.- Leonardi (Domenico Felice) Le Delizie della Villa di Castellazzo, first edition, double-page engraved portrait, double-page plan and 24 double-page plates by Marc'Antonio Dal Re, bookplate, occasional faint marginal water-staining, contemporary calf, gilt tooled spine, rebacked with original spine laid down, [Cicognara 4030, Berlin Katalog 3495], small folio, [Milan, 1743].

⁂ This series of 24 plates by Dal Re represents a separate issue, devoted entirely to the Villa Castellazzo. They were originally prepared by Dal Re for his work Ville di Delizia, which was issued in the same year.

Provenance: Ownership signature dated December 1755 on end pastedown. Sir William Woods (1785-1842) with his ex-libris.

Description

Architecture.- Leonardi (Domenico Felice) Le Delizie della Villa di Castellazzo, first edition, double-page engraved portrait, double-page plan and 24 double-page plates by Marc'Antonio Dal Re, bookplate, occasional faint marginal water-staining, contemporary calf, gilt tooled spine, rebacked with original spine laid down, [Cicognara 4030, Berlin Katalog 3495], small folio, [Milan, 1743].

⁂ This series of 24 plates by Dal Re represents a separate issue, devoted entirely to the Villa Castellazzo. They were originally prepared by Dal Re for his work Ville di Delizia, which was issued in the same year.

Provenance: Ownership signature dated December 1755 on end pastedown. Sir William Woods (1785-1842) with his ex-libris.

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