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• Author:

  SCAMOZZI Vincenzo (1548-1616)

• Title: DELL'IDEA DELLA ARCHITETTURA UNIVERSALE DI VINCENZO SCAMOZZI ARCHITETTO VENETO. PARTE PRIMA, LIBRO PRIMO-TERZO. PARTE SECONDA, LIBRO SESTO. PARTE SECONDA, LIBRO SETTIMO. PARTE SECONDA, LIBRO OTTAVO.
• Place: (Al colophon) VENEZIA
• Publisher: PER GIORGIO VALENTINO
• Data: 1615 - IBIDEM
• Format: 2 parti in 1 tomo In-folio (mm 355x230)
• Comparison bibliographic: Cfr. Cicognara 651- 652; Fowler 292; Bibliothek BIB-OECHSLIN (Einsiedeln) | A07a ; app. 2922 Schlosser-Magnino, pp. 414 e segg. Berlin Kat. 2605; Piantanida, 4409; Riccardi, Sup. V, 150

Product's description

Full reused vellum binding; 5 raised bands spine with more recent handwritten author, title and decoration. First part, first-second-third book (1687 edition): 8 unnumbered leaves, including the Alessandro della Via etched frontispiece depicting Scamozzi’s half-bust inside and intricate and elegant aedicule; title and wide woodcut printer’s stamp on frontispiece with handwritten owner’s note, dedication and indexes follow; 91 numbered pages (the verso of the last is blank); numbered pages from 92 to 218 including a frontispiece; a blank between pp. 96 and 97; another frontispiece and 1 dedication, both not num.; numbered pages from 219 to 353 (the verso of the last is blank): 32 unnumbered index pages, with last blank. Second part, books six-seven-eight (first 1615 edition): 6 unnumbered leaves including a frontispiece identical to the First part; 3 not num. leaves with dedication, frontispiece bearing title and publisher’s stamp identical to the ones in the First Part; 1 preface leaf; 172 numbered pages. Frontispiece, from page 173 to 169, 279 badly numbered (last verso is blank). Frontispiece bearing title and publisher’s stamp identical to the previous one, 2 unnumbered dedication pages, numbered from 271 to 370, numeration skips on pp. 233-234; 20 not num. index pages. Table of contents: Firs part, book one (to three): on the origin of nobility and its nature; (2.) On provinces, places and parts to consider in designing. Characteristics of the seas, rivers, lakes, ponds and marshes: nature and the alteration of the air, winds and their effect good and bad…; (3) On building well and on the typology of private buildings … Second part, book six (to eight): on architectural orders and ornaments …; (7) on the nature of materials their qualities and preparation; the excellence of marble and its varieties and on the use of stones as used since the old times and now in Europe. ...; (8) on foundations in different soils and places, in the seas, rivers and lagoons. Inside the book 40+45 copper illustrations for the First part and woodcuts for the Second, etched on both sides. This specimen includes the third Italian edition in its First part, printed in Piazzola del Brenta in 1687 by Marco Contarini who based it on the first Venetian edition of 1615 that only had woodcut instead of copper etchings too. As for the second part this copy includes the absolute first Venetian 1615 edition. One of the most influential architecture book of the XVII cent. started in 1591 and first published in Venice in 1615. Scamozzi was sure one of the most important architects of the Venetian areas. The First part was left unfinished (6 book on the planned 10) for the death of the author, cf. Schlosser-Magnino, pp.414 and following. “This vast work…is of certain importance in the development of artistic theories in the XVII cent., started in fact by it”. Scamozzi also demonstrated an impressive knowledge in art literature as shown in the First book where he also quotes unpublished sources. Beautiful copy with skillful restorations to binding, very tiny wormholes on few initial pages and slight dampstainings or marginal stains on few leaves. Cfr. Cicognara 651- 652; Fowler 292; Brunet V, 180 Bibliothek BIB-OECHSLIN (Einsiedeln) | A07a ; app. 2922 Schlosser-Magnino, pp. 414 e segg.