Lot 346
  • 346

Scamozzi, Vincenzo

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 EUR
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Description

  • Scamozzi, Vincenzo
  • Discorsi sopra l'antichità di Roma.Venise, Francesco Ziletti, 1583.
Petit in-folio (289 x 205 mm).



illustration : frontispice et 40 planches par Giovanni Battista Pitoni de Vicence, sur doubles pages portant au recto une page de texte (2 pp. pour les planches 2, 8, 24), montées sur onglets.



reliure du xviiie siècle. Vélin ivoire, tranches bleues. Tache au premier plat. Quelques feuillets légèrement salis. Mouillures dans les 5 dernières planches.

Provenance

Famille Cope (Grande-Bretagne, puis Pennsylvanie). -- J.W. Hamilton Parr 1833. -- Double du British Museum portant son cachet (verso de la pl. 40), et un second cachet : 1831. Duplicate for sale.

Literature

Berlin Katalog 1849. -- Fowler 291. -- Mortimer, Italian, 466. -- Rossetti  III  9206.

Condition

Tache au premier plat. Quelques feuillets légèrement salis. Mouillures dans les 5 dernieres planches.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."

Catalogue Note

Second tirage de la première édition parue l'année précédente, portant un chiffre supplémentaire ajouté à l'encre sur la date du titre. La suite de gravures avait déjà paru en 1561 sous le titre de Praecipua aliquot Romanae antiquitatis ruinarum monimenta (Mortimer).