Sam Gatteño Books: Eighteenth Century Books, Artbooks, Architecture
found: 5 books

 
D'Aviler, Charles Augustin.
Ausführliche Anleitung zu der gantzen Civil-Bau-Kunst, worinnen nebst denen Lebens-Beschreibungen und der fünf Ordnungen von J. Bar. De Vignola. [Detailed guidance for civic architecture,... ]
Augsburg: Bey Johann Georg Hertel, 1747. 0. Hardcover. Small quarto. [30], 402, [25]pp. )( 2, a1, b4-c4, d2, )( 3-4, A4-Z4, Aa4-Zz4, Aaa4-Ggg4, Hhh2. Title-page in red-and-black. Third edition of L. C. Surm's German language adaptation. Contemporary calf, repaired. With 84 full-page illustrations in the text and 56 double-page plates, all with French captions, numbered sequentially 1-139 (57 used twice). In addition, there are 12 folding plates with German captions, numbered 'Fig. 1 (-12),' to illustrate Sturm's notes and small unnumbered illustrations on pp. 160 (engraved), 361 (woodcut), and 402 (woodcut). Lacks all 56 double-page plates, the last two folding plates and the second plate 57. Millard, Northern European Books I; RIBA, Early Printed Books 164 note. Good.
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Book number: 1238
USD 650.00 [Appr.: EURO 606.25 | £UK 518.5 | JP¥ 101938]

 
Dubreuil, Jean.
The Practice of Perspective: or, an easy method of representing natural objects according to the rules of Art. A work highly necessary for Painters, Engravers, Architects.
London: Printed for John Bowles . and Carrington Bowles, 1765. 0. Hardcover. Large quarto. xvi, xvi, [1], 18, [2], 19-41, [2], 42-121, [2], 122-128, [2], 129-150, [1]pp. A4, a4, C4-Z4, Aa4-Uu4. Fourth English edition. Collation and catchwords erratic. Even though signatures A4 and B4 seem to be missing and the catchword at the end of a4 seems to indicate a missing quire, there is nothing missing. Nineteenth-century red half morocco over marbled boards, slightly rubbed. With 2 folding plates and 150 copperplate engravings. Fowler 110. Stained and browned. Good.
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Book number: 1962
USD 700.00 [Appr.: EURO 652.75 | £UK 558.5 | JP¥ 109779]

 
Montenari, Giovanni.
Del Teatro Olimpico di Andrea Palladio in Vicenza.
Padova: Stamperia del Seminario, 1749. 0. Hardcover. Octavo. xii, [4], 153pp. a8, A8-I8, K8, []1. Second edition. Rebound in calf. With a frontispiece portrait of Palladio and 5 folding plates. The plates show plans, interior views, with one analysing the proportions of the columns. Berlin Katalog 2803; Cicognara 767. Not in Millard, or Schlosser-Magnino. Good.
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Book number: 2014
USD 1500.00 [Appr.: EURO 1398.5 | £UK 1196.5 | JP¥ 235241]

 
Vitruvius, Marcus Pollio.
L'Architettura di M. Vitruvio Pollione colla traduzione Italiana e comento del Marchese Berardo Galiani ...
In Napoli: Nella Stamperia Simoniana, 1758. 0. Hardcover. Folio. [vi], xxxii, 462pp. []3, a4-d4, A4-Z4, Aa4-Zz4, Aaa4-Mmm4 (Mmm4 blank). Historiated woodcut initials. Quarter calf over cloth-covered boards. Bottom of spine slightly worn, lower end of upper cover bumped and a small part of the hinge cracked. With textual engravings and 25 folding plates. Engraved frontispiece in facsimile. Good.
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Book number: 2037
USD 2100.00 [Appr.: EURO 1958 | £UK 1675.25 | JP¥ 329338]

 
Wincklemann, Johann J.
Storia delle Arti del disegno presso gli antichi di Giovanni Winkelmann tradotta dal Tedesco e in questa edizione corretta e aumentata dall'abate Carlo Fea ...
In Roma: Dalla Stamperia Pagliarini, 1783-1784. 0. Hardcover. Quarto. Three volumes. I: [iv], xcvi, 451, [i]pp.; II: 427pp.; III: xii, 604, 40pp. I: []2, a4-m4, A4-Z4, Aa4-Zz4, Aaa4-Iii4, Kkk6; II: []4, B4-Z4, Aa4-Zz4, Aaa4-Fff4, Ggg6; III: a6, A4-Z4, Aa4-Zz4, Aaa4-Xxx4, Yyy2-Zzz2, Aaaa2-Pppp2, a4-e4. Second Italian edition. With half-titles present. Contemporary stiff vellum. With 3 frontispieces, numerous engraved textual illustrations, and 59 engraved plates. Brunet V, 1463; Schlosser-Magnino 676-7; Cicognara 59; Olschki, Choix 13020; Millard, Italian and Spanish Books 165; Ruppert, Winckelmann-Bibliographie (1942), 15; PMM 210; A. Schnapp, The Discovery of the Past, pp. 258-266. Good.
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Book number: 2040
USD 3000.00 [Appr.: EURO 2797 | £UK 2393 | JP¥ 470483]

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