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Le fabbriche e i disegni di Andrea Palladio - BERTOTTI-SCAMOZZI, Ottavio. Le fabbriche e i disegni di Andrea Palladio raccolti ed illustrati da Ottavio Bertotti Scamozzi. Opera divisa in quattro tomi … Con la traduzione francese. Vicenza,...
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Francesco Modena, 1776-1783
4 Vols. folio, mm. 457x338; contemporary stiff vellum binding, golden label on sides, red edges ; Vol. I: Frontispiece engraved, pp. 84, 86, 2 blank, 1 plate between pp. 24-25 and 52 number. Copper plates of which 11 at full page; II, pp. 59, 1, 59, 1, 51 number. Copper plates of which 8 at double p.; III, pp. 54, 2 b., 55, 1, 52 number. copper plates, on 50 leaves, of which 7 at double p.; IV, pp. 72, 1 b., 70, 2 b., 54 numbered copper plates, of which 8 a double page., with the araldic mark of the Odescalchi family. The second part of each vol. is in French and begins with own Title-page; the plates are placed in the first part in Italian; elegant drop caps and glides of woodcut. A total of a great engraving within the text and 209 copper plates out text, of which 34 on double page.
FIRST EDITION, beautifully illustrated. This is the first comprehensive analysis of the work of Palladio, with an imposing critical apparatus that enhances the contributions and architectural solutions. Are minutely described 73 works of the famous architect, palaces, villas, churches, mausoleums, public buildings, bridges, all illustrated in fine plates. The plates are drawn and engraved by Davide Rossi, Gaetano Testolini, Gaetano Vichi, Santini and Dalley.
Puppi: “The work is the contribution of the eighteenth century the most widely deployed and articulately to the study of Palladio.”
Cicognara 598; Brunet IV, 321; Millard, 70; Fowler 231; Puppi, Andrea Palladio, 1976, p. 186.
Condition Report: Nice specimen. Il lotto viene venduto provvisto di licenza d'esportazione.
THE LOT IS OFFERED WITH A VALID EXPORT LICENCE
4 Vols. folio, mm. 457x338; contemporary stiff vellum binding, golden label on sides, red edges ; Vol. I: Frontispiece engraved, pp. 84, 86, 2 blank, 1 plate between pp. 24-25 and 52 number. Copper plates of which 11 at full page; II, pp. 59, 1, 59, 1, 51 number. Copper plates of which 8 at double p.; III, pp. 54, 2 b., 55, 1, 52 number. copper plates, on 50 leaves, of which 7 at double p.; IV, pp. 72, 1 b., 70, 2 b., 54 numbered copper plates, of which 8 a double page., with the araldic mark of the Odescalchi family. The second part of each vol. is in French and begins with own Title-page; the plates are placed in the first part in Italian; elegant drop caps and glides of woodcut. A total of a great engraving within the text and 209 copper plates out text, of which 34 on double page.
FIRST EDITION, beautifully illustrated. This is the first comprehensive analysis of the work of Palladio, with an imposing critical apparatus that enhances the contributions and architectural solutions. Are minutely described 73 works of the famous architect, palaces, villas, churches, mausoleums, public buildings, bridges, all illustrated in fine plates. The plates are drawn and engraved by Davide Rossi, Gaetano Testolini, Gaetano Vichi, Santini and Dalley.
Puppi: “The work is the contribution of the eighteenth century the most widely deployed and articulately to the study of Palladio.”
Cicognara 598; Brunet IV, 321; Millard, 70; Fowler 231; Puppi, Andrea Palladio, 1976, p. 186.
Condition Report: Nice specimen. Il lotto viene venduto provvisto di licenza d'esportazione.
THE LOT IS OFFERED WITH A VALID EXPORT LICENCE
