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Cataneo (Pietro), I Quattro primi libri di architettura..., collation: [*]2 A-O4, Roman type, woodcut printer's device to title and verso of final f., woodcut illustrations, diagrams and historiated initials, small wormholes / traces to title and a few other ff., occasional staining, heavier to last few ff., the odd small marginal repair, 19th century speckled calf-backed marbled boards, rubbed, folio (333 x 225mm.), [Venice], [Son of Aldus], [1554].
*** First edition of this important architectural treatise, from the library of Napoleon I (with small ink stamp to title). It covers building materials, fortified towns and other ecclesiastical and secular buildings.
Literature: Adams C1024; Ahmanson-Murphy 463; EDIT 16 CNCE 10234; Berlin Kat. 2576; Fowler 82.](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/xlarge/7039ccca-9a90-ee11-b864-d4548b6f1f2f/362dfbef-4591-ee11-8178-002248070a4a.webp "72
Cataneo (Pietro), I Quattro primi libri di architettura..., collation: [*]2 A-O4, Roman type, woodcut printer's device to title and verso of final f., woodcut illustrations, diagrams and historiated initials, small wormholes / traces to title and a few other ff., occasional staining, heavier to last few ff., the odd small marginal repair, 19th century speckled calf-backed marbled boards, rubbed, folio (333 x 225mm.), [Venice], [Son of Aldus], [1554].
*** First edition of this important architectural treatise, from the library of Napoleon I (with small ink stamp to title). It covers building materials, fortified towns and other ecclesiastical and secular buildings.
Literature: Adams C1024; Ahmanson-Murphy 463; EDIT 16 CNCE 10234; Berlin Kat. 2576; Fowler 82.")
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Cataneo (Pietro), I Quattro primi libri di architettura..., collation: [*]2 A-O4, Roman type, woodcut printer's device to title and verso of final f., woodcut illustrations, diagrams and historiated initials, small wormholes / traces to title and a few other ff., occasional staining, heavier to last few ff., the odd small marginal repair, 19th century speckled calf-backed marbled boards, rubbed, folio (333 x 225mm.), [Venice], [Son of Aldus], [1554].
⁂ First edition of this important architectural treatise, from the library of Napoleon I (with small ink stamp to title). It covers building materials, fortified towns and other ecclesiastical and secular buildings.
Literature: Adams C1024; Ahmanson-Murphy 463; EDIT 16 CNCE 10234; Berlin Kat. 2576; Fowler 82.
Lot 72
Cataneo (Pietro), I Quattro primi libri di architettura..., 1554.
Hammer Price: £1,400
Description
Cataneo (Pietro), I Quattro primi libri di architettura..., collation: [*]2 A-O4, Roman type, woodcut printer's device to title and verso of final f., woodcut illustrations, diagrams and historiated initials, small wormholes / traces to title and a few other ff., occasional staining, heavier to last few ff., the odd small marginal repair, 19th century speckled calf-backed marbled boards, rubbed, folio (333 x 225mm.), [Venice], [Son of Aldus], [1554].
⁂ First edition of this important architectural treatise, from the library of Napoleon I (with small ink stamp to title). It covers building materials, fortified towns and other ecclesiastical and secular buildings.
Literature: Adams C1024; Ahmanson-Murphy 463; EDIT 16 CNCE 10234; Berlin Kat. 2576; Fowler 82.
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