Lot 29: TROILI, Giulio (1613-1685). Paradossi per pratticare la prospettiva senza saperla . Bologna: Gioseffo Longhi, 1683.

TROILI, Giulio (1613-1685). Paradossi per pratticare la prospettiva senza saperla. Bologna: Gioseffo Longhi, 1683.

3 parts in one volume, 2υo (287 x 202 mm). General title and title to the third part (all called for) wach with woodcut devides, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces. 58 full-page woodcut diagrams, most within four-part floral borders, some smaller diagrams in text. (Some light soiling to first few leaves, title with small repair at gutter margin, one diagram cropped at foot.) Modern vellum with yapp edges.

Second edition, enlarged to include a third part not found in the first edition of 1672. An important practical treatise on perspective, aimed at painters, sculptors and architects. It is also an important work in the history of theatrical scenery, as Troili, a scenic painter for the Farnese theater at Parma, details various means of visual deception, such as the creation of a sense of depth by placing the wings obliquely. It is a high ornate publication, the diagrams often embellished with baroque woodcut borders. Vinciana 4425; Fowler 347; Cicognara 866 (part 3 only); Olschki Choix X, 15334.