Teofilo&Antonio Visentini Gallaccini: Trattato di Teofilo ..., Waitakere in Waitakere, Auckland for sale
Spine and front board missing. Rear board detached and in poor condition, with the marbled paper covering the board loose and falling away. . Three vellum strips visible protruding from spine, a part of the original early binding. Several leaves detached and loose. The leaves have ripples and waviness, due to storage in a humid environment at some point in the book's history. Light dampstains to margins of some leaves. Some stains to the title page of the first work"Trattato di Teofilo Gallaccini". The front and rear free free endpapers have had a third of the leaf trimmed away from the fore margin.; Two titles bound together as one. xii, 81, [1] pages. Includes 8 full page plates within the pagination. Folio. Page dimensions: 340 x 250mm. Complete. Bound with"Osservazioni di Antonio Visentini architetto Veneto che servono di continuazione al tratto di Teofil Gallaccini sopra gli errori degli architetti"by Antonio Visentini. Venice: Giambatista Pasquali, 1771. vii, [1], 141 pages + 1 plate"La Perfezione"following the title leaf. Includes 61 full page plates within the pagination. Folio. Page dimensions: 340 x 250mm. Complete. Text is in Italian. Provenance: Ex-libris label of Dr. Corrie McLachlan [New Zealand collector] on front fly leaf. Gallaccini (1564-1641) was a Professor of Mathematics at the University of Sienna. Gallaccini's manuscript was completed about 1625, but was not published until 1767."[Gallaccini's] treatise on the errors of Mannerist and early Baroque architects became a point of departure for later theoreticians"- Encyclopedia Brittanica (online edition)."Antonio Visentini (16881782) was an Italian architectural designer, painter and engraver, known for his architectural fantasies and capricci, the author of treatises on perspective and professor at the Venetian Academy."- Wikipedia entry on Antonio Visentini. [Bibliographical References: Morazzoni 232&360; Cicognara 513-4; Fowler 133&390; Millard Italian 43 and 154].Scarcity notes: Fairly uncommon, at the time of updating this listing (June 2011) we can find no other copies currently available on the book listing sites. Auction records show copies of these two titles bound together have sold at the following Christie's Sales: (1) THE FELTRINELLI LIBRARY PART VI, New York 6/2/1998, US$1886; (2) Libri e Autogafi, Rome--12/15/2005, Euros 2356; (3) Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts Including Americana, New York, 12/5/2008, US$3500. ; Folio
Teofilo&Antonio Visentini Gallaccini: Trattato di Teofilo Gallaccini sopra gli errori degli architetti ora per la prima volta pubblicato [with] Osservazioni di Antonio Visentini architetto Veneto che servono di continuazione al tratto di Teofil Gallaccini sopra gli errori degli architetti
Author
Teofilo&Antonio Visentini Gallaccini
Title
Trattato di Teofilo Gallaccini sopra gli errori degli architetti ora per la prima volta pubblicato [with] Osservazioni di Antonio Visentini architetto Veneto che servono di continuazione al tratto di Teofil Gallaccini sopra gli errori degli architetti
Publisher name
Giambatista Pasquali, Venice
Shipping time
2 - 5 days
Publication year
1767
Edition
First edition
Listing condition
Used
Item condition
Fair
Vendor name
Renaissance Books
Vendor rating
Abebof326d