Lot 4: ALBERTI, LEON BATTISTA.

Est: £3,000 GBP - £5,000 GBPSold:

Sotheby'sLondon, United KingdomOctober 29, 2009

Item Overview

Description

DELLA ARCHITETTURA... DELLA PITTURA... E DELLA STATUA... TRADOTTI IN LINGUA ITALIANA DA COSIMO BARTOLI. NUOVA EDIZIONE; THE ARCHITECTURE... TRANSLATED... NOW FIRST INTO ENGLISH... BY JAMES LEONI. .LONDON: THOMAS EDLIN, 1726.
3 volumes in 2 (volume 2 split), folio (450 x 275mm.), engraved frontispiece by Picart, woodcut initials and tailpieces, parallel text in Italian and English, 102 engraved plates (24 double-page), contemporary calf, spines gilt in compartments, occasional slight soiling, worn

Artist or Maker

Leon Battista Alberti

Literature

BAL RIBA 48; Fowler 11; Harris 12

Provenance

Phirke", inscription on front flyleaves; 5th Earl of Rosebery, armorial bookplates

Notes

For Leoni's edition of Palladio, see lot 86.

Auction Details

Books and Manuscripts from the English Library of Archibald, 5th Earl of Rosebery and Midlothian, K.G., K.T.

Sotheby's

October 29, 2009, 12:00 PM GMT

34-35 New Bond Street, London, LDN, W1A 2AA, UK

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