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Published by Roma, 1927., 1927
Seller: Libreria Gullà, Roma, ROMA, Italy
In-4° pp. da 197 a 243 con 1 tav. f.t., bross. edit. intonso.
Published by Tomasso Parise, Vicenza, 1810
Seller: Novemberland Rare Books/ILAB, Oegstgeest, ZH, Netherlands
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. light brown boards, vellum spine wit gilt title and decoration, engraved frontispiece with the bust of Palladio within aedicule under tissueguard, 5 title p. (verso blank), 1 plate in first volume (p. 35), IV, 128 & IV, 76 & IV, 60 & IV, 80 & 48 pp. No further plates present, atlas in folio missing (some occasionally rust spotting, else fine copy).
Published by Fontana Torino, 1849
Seller: Antique Emporium, Eau Claire, WI, U.S.A.
Book
No Binding. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Large folio size volume unbound in custom clamshell box. This contains a 14 page intro and 28 pages of text along with 25 engraved plates of which 17 are folding. One plate has separated on the fold otherwise no watermarks or stains. There is a little light scattered foxing. Text is in Italian. A scarce version of this famous book we could find no other copies. It is ex Columbia University but not marked.
15. Vicenza, Da Tommaso Parise, 1810, small in-4°, 23.5 cm, engraved frontispiece with the bust of Palladio within aedicule + title (verso blank) + pp 3-48 + 18 folding engraved plates, bound in contemporary supple vellum over boards, vellum with minor soiling, a handsome copy. This is the fourth edition. The first edition appeared also in Vicenza , by Francis Modena in 1785. The plates in our in-4° edition are drawn and engraved by Mugnon. The second edition ( Vicenza, Rossi, 1797) is considered as the 5th volume to Scamozzi's '' Le fabbriche e i disegni di Andrea Palladio.''. In our edition plates 18-25 are not present. Allthough they are still mentioned in the text and were included in previous editions they were omitted here. These 7 plates depict capitals to be found in other works of Palladio and have as such nothing to do with the subject of this book.
Published by Vicenza: Giovanni Rossi, 1797
Seller: Blackwell's Rare Books ABA ILAB BA, Oxford, United Kingdom
with engraved frontispiece and 24 engraved plates, mostly folding, minor foxing to the text, pp. 55, 4to, original carta rustica, splits in joints and spine a little defective, good. A very attractive edition of this architectural work on the Roman Baths of Constantine. Palladio worked on the sketches, plans, elevations and sections of the Roman baths throughout his career. These passed through a series of hands until they were purchased by the 3rd Earl of Burlington in the early eighteenth century, and reproduced as plates. Between 1776 and 1783 an Italian neo-Palladian named Ottavio Bertotti Scamozzi created what he termed the 'fifth volume' of Palladio; he reproduced Burlington's plates, but used text from Charles Cameron, a Scottish adventurer who in 1772 had self-published a handsome volume entitled 'The baths of the Romans explained and illustrated.' There is a smudged inscription inside the front cover apparently recording the purchase of the book in Rome by a British traveller at any rate, the ink title on the spine is in English.
Published by Vicenza, F. Modena 1785., 1785
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: gut. Erste Ausgabe in der Bearbeitung von Scamozzi, basierend auf Lord Burlington's Fabbriche antiche von 1730. "This Vincente editions in French and Italian made this valuable book available to an even broader public" (Millard Collection). - Text nur in Italienisch. - "Though the title page of the above work lists Lord Burlington's edition as 'Impresso in Londra l'anno 1732', the title page of that work is dated 1730. This volume is often considered as the fifth volume of Scamozzi's Le Fabbriche" (Fowler). - Die Kupfer mit Grund- und Aufrissen der Thermen des Agrippa, Nero, Vespasian, Titus, Antonius, Diocletian u. a., sowie einigen architektonischen Details. - Druck auf Bütten mit WZ "AI Masso". EINBAND: Halbleinenband d. 20. Jhs. 44 : 31 cm. - ILLUSTRATION: Mit halbseitiger, gestochener Widmungs-Vignette für Girolamo Ascanio Giustiniani und 25 Kupfertafeln (17 doppelblattgroß). - KOLLATION: 32 S. - ZUSTAND: Ohne das gest. Frontispiz. Tls. gering stockfl. und leicht gebräunt, 1 Taf. schmutzfl., 2 Taf. am Unterrand knapp innerhalb der Platte beschnitten (kein Bildverlust, 1 Taf. minim. Textverlust). Einbd. berieben und bestoßen. - 'LITERATUR: Fowler 234. - Millard IV, 72. - Ornamentstich-Slg. Bln. 1877. - Cicognara 599. - First edition by Scamozzi, based on Lord Burlington's Fabbriche antiche of 1730. With engr. vignette and 25 (17 double page) copperplates. 20th cent. half cloth. - Only Italian text, without the engr. frontispiece. Partly slightly foxed and slightly browned, 1 plate soiled, 2 plates trimmed at the lower edge just inside the plate (no image loss, 1 plate with minimal text loss). Binding rubbed and bumped. 4000 Gramm.
Published by In Vicenza Per Giovanni Rossi, 1797
Seller: John Price Antiquarian Books, ABA, ILAB, LONDON, United Kingdom
Small 4to, 237 x 178 mms., pp. 55, engraved frontispiece, 17 folding engraved plates, 8 full-page engraved plates, contemporary marbled boards, paper spine of marbled paper; spine defective with cords exposed, and covers holding on for dear life. The title-page refers to the publication in 1730 of Fabriche Antiche disegnate da Andrea Palladion Vicentinoi by Richard Boyle, Third Earl of Burlington and Fourth Earl of Cork (1694 - 1753), the architect, collector, and patron of the arts. Alexander Pope responded with his epistle "Of Taste: An Epistle to the Earl of Burlington" in 1731, the fourth of the so-called Moral Essays, or Epistles to Several Persons. The plates here, of the plans and elevations of the Roman Baths, were engraved by Antonio Mugnoni after drawings by Palladio.
Published by Vicenza, Giovanni Rossi, 1796-, 1797
Seller: Mayfair Rare Books & Manuscripts Ltd, London, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. 4to (235 x 175 mm), 5 volumes of which 4 are in contemporary boards covered with marbled paper, the volume dealing with Terme dei Romani in contemporary vellum, all the volumes are in clean condition inside, well preserved. Fabbriche: engraved portrait of Palladio at vol. I, altogether 209 engraved plates by Antonio Mugnon, mostly folding (as usual plates nn. 32 and 33 in the IIIrd vol. are in the same sheet). Terme: engraved frontispiece, pp. 55 (1 blank) with 25 folding engraved plates. First Italian edition in 4to, a reduced copy of the major work appeared in Vicenza by the same printer in 1776-1783, containing the whole works of Palladio, curated by the architect Bertotti Scamozzi (Vicenza 1719-1790). Fowler 231 and Berlin Kat. 2722, notes. The volume containing Le terme dei romani here present is quite rare and very frequently missing so there are few complete sets.
Published by Vicenza, Giovanni Rossi 1796; Vicenza, Tommaso Parise 1810., 1810
Seller: Hugh Pagan Limited, Brockenhurst, HANTS, United Kingdom
A good set of the small quarto edition of Bertotti Scamozzi?s four volumes on Palladio?s architectural works, providing carefully drawn measured plans, elevations, and sections of each of Palladio?s buildings, accompanied by a later printing in the same format of Bertotti Scamozzi?s supplementary publication of Palladio?s drawings of the ?Terme dei Romani?, based on Lord Burlington?s Fabbriche Antiche of 1730. The first three volumes of the Fabbriche record Palladio?s designs for public buildings (including the Teatro Olimpico at Vicenza), town houses and villas, while the fourth volume is devoted mainly churches and to unexecuted projects. Bertotti Scamozzi was himself an architect, and he provides an extensive accompanying text, discussing Palladio?s architectural achievement and describing all the buildings illustrated. The volumes had originally been published in large folio format between 1776 and 1783, when this was the nearest to a catalogue raisonnée of the work of a celebrated architect of the past that had as yet been produced, and was as such a real landmark in architectural history.For the present small quarto edition, published in 1796 in response to what seems to have been genuine demand for a printing of Bertotti Scamozzi?s volumes in a handier format, a new set of plates, providing very accurate reduced copies of those used in the edition of 1776-83, was supplied by the local engraver Antonio Mugnoni, himself a friend and protegé of Bertotti Scamozzi.The present set is completed by a copy of an early nineteenth century reissue of Bertotti Scamozzi?s version of Le Terme dei Romani, originally published in large folio format in 1785 and first produced in a small quarto edition in 1797.The set is neatly bound in uniform early nineteenth century Italian marbled boards, shown by an acquisition date to predate August 1823 and most probably a binding done in the 1810s. It later passed into the possession of Gilbert Richard Redgrave (1844-1941), art historian, book collector and bibliographer. BAL Cat 260 (Fabbriche, this edition), 2382 (Terme, this edition). Small 4to. 2 works in 5 vols. (Fabbriche) : engraved portrait frontispiece, iv + 128pp, 52 engraved plates (and unnumbered engraved plate after p.34) ; iv +76 pp, 51 engraved plates ; iv+60pp, 52 engraved plates on (50)ff (nos. 32/3 and 35/6 relate to 1 plate each) ; iv+80pp, 54 engraved plates ; (Terme) : engraved portrait frontispiece, 55+(1)pp, 25 engraved plates. Uniformly bound in early nineteenth century marbled boards, with contemporary printed paper labels on spines. Ink acquisition date ?Vicenza 14 Agost. 1823? on front free endpaper of vol.I of the Fabbriche and on front free endpaper of the Terme volume. Each volume carries the pictorial bookplate and ownership inscription of Gilbert R.Redgrave (see above). A little occasional browning at upper blank margins, but a good set. George Atkinson?s copy.
Published by Giovanni Rossi, Vicenza, Vicenza, 1797
Seller: Garland Books, Dundee, UK, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Palladio, Andrea; Mugnoni,Antonio (illustrator). 3rd Edition. Small volume contained in later (early 19th Century?) calf binding with a small titled label to spine, marbled endpapers. Decorative title and numerous engravings within, illustrating the plans and elevations of Roman Baths after the drawings by Andrea Palladio, engraved by Antonio Mugnoni. A later edition. Attractive engravings and descriptions of the baths of Nero, Vespasian, Diocleatian and other Roman Emperors, contributing baths to the city of Rome. First edition circa 1785, this copy 1797. From a private collection. Binding age worn as would be expected, hinges repaired with linen strips, contents age yellowed and a little brittle, previous owner's bookplates inside front cover and on the later free blanks. Due to the age of this volume, it is essential to obtain photographs and a detailed description as only so much information can be uploaded to ABE. Please confirm availability and postage costs prior to ordering. It is essential to confirm availability prior to ordering, as ABE books is not our only sales channel. We are here to help and look forward to hearing from you should you have any questions. We aim to answer all queries within 48 hours or sooner. Please bear with us while the website is under construction. We are in the progress of updating our catalogue to ABE Books, and appreciate your patience. Photographs will be provided via email in the meanwhile. We look forward to hearing from you and hope that you will find the perfect copy of your wonderful book.
Published by In Vicenza Per Giovanni Rossi 1796 and 1797, 1797
Seller: Buddenbrooks, Inc., Newburyport, MA, U.S.A.
First Edition
5 volumes bound in four. First Edition by Rossi and a RARE complete copy of the Rossi printing of the architectural works of Palladio. Profusely illustrated throughout with 236 fine engravings. Book I with engraved portrait of Palladio as the frontispiece and 52 other finely engraved plates, many of which are folding. Book II with 51 beautifully engraved plates, many of which are folding. Book III with 52 engraved plates of which a number are folding. Book IV with 54 engraved plates. The RARE Volume V with an additional engraved portrait of Palladio at the front and 25 additional engraved plates of which most are folding. Quarto, handsomely bound at the time in three-quarter antique Italian calf over marbled boards, the spines with gilt bands and contrasting sepia and dark green morocco labels, lettered and numbered and decorated in gilt. viii, 128, 52 engraved plates; iv, 76, 51 engraved plates; iv, 60, 52 engraved plates; iv, 80, 54 engraved plates; portrait + 59, 25 engraved plates pp. An unusually fine survival, complete with the RARE 5th volume and beautifully preserved. The spines and bindings in very pleasing order, the text blocks and illustrations crisp, clean and unpressed. A fresh and handsome copy gently aged. AN UNUSUALLY FINE AND HANDSOME COPY OF THIS RARE BOOK. THE FIFTH VOLUME IS RARELY ENCOUNTERED AND SETS OF THE FOUR ARE OFTEN LACKING A VOLUME OR A NUMBER OF PLATES. THIS IS AN ESPECIALLY DESIRABLE COPY, COMPLETE IN ALL RESPECTS. Rossi s printing of 1796-1797 is a fine and beautiful quarto edition of the master s four books on architecture with additions provided in the fifth volume. Palladio's designs and work to this day remain the central pillar of classical architecture and all architecture which followed. Such early antique editions are truly scarce and here retains its original sophistication. Palladio s lasting influence on architectural style in many parts of the world was exercised less through his actual buildings than through this, his textbook. The book is divided into four sections: orders and elementary problems, domestic building, public building and own planning and temples. Palladio s style was directly inspired by Roman classical models through the writings of Vitruvius and Alberti. Its characteristics are those of classicism: symmetry, order, fixed mathematical relations of the parts to each other and to the whole, logic and monumentality. Palladio followed the rules of classical Roman architecture more closely than any other architect.In spite of the vogue for the baroque and the fact that Palladio left no immediate successors, his book exerted a powerful influence on contemporary architecture and classical ideals until the end of the eighteenth century. As a practicing architect Palladio worked mainly in Vicenza, Venice and the Venetian countryside, especially along the Brenta River. His Villa Capra (known as La Rotonda) near Vicenza became virtually a prototype of the Palladian style, and it was widely and faithfully copied. At the end of his life he left plans for the tour de force of trompe l oeil, the Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza, which was finished by his pupil Vincenzo Scamozzi. PMM 92 In 1732-1733, Ware s English edition was produced with the assistance of Lord Burlington and it surpassed all earlier English editions in its faithfulness to the original. A very skilled draughtsman and engraver, Ware exactly traced and engraved the plates for his edition from Palladio s original drawings in Burlington s collection. The additional fifth volume, here provided emanates from these drawings in Lord Burlington s collection. As for the Englishman Ware (d. 1766)--he is reported "to have been originally a chimney-sweeper's boy whom an unknown patron found drawing with chalk at Whitehall. He was sketching the elevation of the banquet house upon the basement walls of the building itself, and is said to have made similar sketches of the portico at St. Martin's-in-the-Fields" (DNB). He developed into an eminently competent architect, among whose works were counted Chesterfield House, South Audley Street, of which Philip Dormer Stanhope, fourth earl of Chesterfield, took possession in 1749; he also built, for his own use, No. 6 Bloomsbury Square, which was inhabited later by Isaac D'Israeli. Rossi s is an excellent presentation of Palladio's magnificent work. A remarkably fresh and clean survival with plates beautifully struck and this copy with fine dark images. The text in excellent order as well.