Bertotti Scamozzi, Le fabbriche e i disegni di Palladio, Vicenza, 1776-1785, 5 volumes, half calf

BERTOTTI SCAMOZZI, OTTAVIO

Le fabbriche e i disegni di Andrea Palladio... con la traduzione francese. Vicenza: Francesco Modena, 1776-1783, 4 volumes

Le terme dei Romani disegnate da Andrea Palladio e ripubblicate... giusta l'esemplare del Lord Co. di Burlingthon. Vicenza: Francesco Modena, 1785

together 5 volumes, folio (498 x 355mm.), woodcut initials and tailpieces, text in Italian and French, volume 1: engraved frontispiece portrait of Palladio, 53 engraved plates (11 double-page), with blank leaf Y2; volume 2: 51 engraved plates (8 double-page); volume 3: with blank leaf O2, 50 engraved plates (7 double-page); volume 4: engraved armorial at head of dedication leaves, without blank leaf S2, 52 engraved plates (8 double-page); volume 5: engraved frontispiece portrait, engraved armorial at the start of dedications, 25 engraved plates (17 double-page); uniformly bound as a set of 5 volumes in contemporary half calf over marbled boards, matching marbled edges, occasional light damp-staining, title-page to volume 3 slightly soiled, O1-2 (French text) in volume 3 torn in gutter, a few plates slightly creased, final plate in volume 5 with slight damage at foredge, boards detached, bindings rubbed

A full set of Bertotti Scamozzi's homage to Palladio, with the later volume on the Roman baths added as a fifth volume.

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BAL RIBA 259 & 2380 (French text only, not French and Italian, as here)