Lot 246
Sirigatti (Lorenzo) La Pratica di Prospettiva, first edition, Venice, Girolamo Franceschi Sanese, 1596.
Hammer Price: £2,000
Description
Sirigatti (Lorenzo) La Pratica di Prospettiva, 2 parts in1, first edition, fine engraved architectural title, 65 engraved full-page illustrations or plates including architectural title to second part, woodcut initials, large woodcut printer's device to colophon at end of first part, title slightly shaved at head (as often) and very slightly worn, washed, very light browning to a few plates, eighteenth century half vellum over speckled boards, a little rubbed, rebacked, [Adams S1224; Berlin Kat. 4700; Fowler 336, lacking a leaf and a plate; cf.Millard Italian 129, second edition of 1625], folio (c.420 X 270mm.), Venice, Girolamo Franceschi Sanese, 1596.
⁂ Scarce elegant sixteenth century treatise on perspective with plates of orders, arches, Bramante's tempietto, and some complex polyhedra.
Description
Sirigatti (Lorenzo) La Pratica di Prospettiva, 2 parts in1, first edition, fine engraved architectural title, 65 engraved full-page illustrations or plates including architectural title to second part, woodcut initials, large woodcut printer's device to colophon at end of first part, title slightly shaved at head (as often) and very slightly worn, washed, very light browning to a few plates, eighteenth century half vellum over speckled boards, a little rubbed, rebacked, [Adams S1224; Berlin Kat. 4700; Fowler 336, lacking a leaf and a plate; cf.Millard Italian 129, second edition of 1625], folio (c.420 X 270mm.), Venice, Girolamo Franceschi Sanese, 1596.
⁂ Scarce elegant sixteenth century treatise on perspective with plates of orders, arches, Bramante's tempietto, and some complex polyhedra.