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10 - [ARCHITECTURE]. POZZO (Andrea). Rules and Examples of Perspe…
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[ARCHITECTURE]. POZZO (Andrea). Rules and Examples of Perspective proper for Painters and Architects, etc. In English and Latin: Containing a most easy and expeditious Method to Delineate in Perspective All Designs relating to Architecture... One of the most important treatises on Baroque architecture in its original English edition, illustrated with 101 engraved plates, 3 vignettes and over 200 copper-engraved initials. London, Benjamin Motte, 1707. Folio (41 x 26 cm), board binding covered in off-white vellum, spine decorated with guilloché faux raised bands and bordered by gilt garlands, covers framed by a gilt frieze of antique-style foliage and palmettes, front cover bearing the title in Latin in gilt, red edges. Unpaginated, 104 engraved plates including a frontispiece and 100 for the main text, approximately 200 engraved initials. In Latin and English. Some loss of vellum paper in the binding, particularly at the joints; soiling to the binding; a few plates slightly soiled and very rare foxing. Main frontispiece missing. 19th-century binding. English first edition of this rare and impressive treatise on Baroque architecture. This edition, based on the translation by John James of Greenwich (1673–1746) of the work by the Italian Andrea Pozzo (1642–1709) first published in 1693, is complete with all its chiselled engravings, including three vignettes (title pages and the banner of the dedicatory epistle to Queen Anne), as well as its second frontispiece and its 100 architectural plates with accompanying text. Only the first frontispiece is missing. This manual, one of the most important in the history of European Baroque architecture and which was translated into several languages, is preceded by an ‘Advice to Beginners’ signed by John Vanbrugh (1664–1726), Nicholas Hawksmoor (1661–1736) and Christopher Wren (1632–1723), the latter to whom the British owe, amongst other things, St Paul’s Cathedral in London. The text is arranged opposite the plates in two columns (English and Latin). Each significant paragraph is preceded by a copper-engraved initial, numbering around 200 in total, beautifully executed and in no way inferior to the quality of workmanship and composition of the full-page engravings. Two hand-drawn bookplates (1896 and 1841). A very fine copy in good condition.
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About the sale Fine antique and collectible books, manuscripts and modern illustrated works
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