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ZABAGLIA, Niccola. Castelli e ponti ... con alcune ingegnose pratiche, e con la descrizione del trasporto dell'obelisco vaticano. Rome: Niccolò e Marco Pagliarini, 1743.
2° (476 x 372mm). Title and dedication in Italian and Latin, engraved vignettes to titles, engraved portrait of Zabaglia and 54 plates (4 double-page) by Vasi, Specchi and others after Rostagni and Fontana, 21 folding leaves printed recto only of letterpress explanatory text in Latin and Italian. (Laminated repair to lower outer corner of first leaves, light spotting or thumb-soiling, mainly marginal.) Contemporary vellum-backed boards (new covers over boards, small repairs to head and tail of spine, new endpapers).
FIRST EDITION. Berlin Kat. 2755; Brunet V, 1515; Cicognara 968; Olschki Choix 18271.
2° (476 x 372mm). Title and dedication in Italian and Latin, engraved vignettes to titles, engraved portrait of Zabaglia and 54 plates (4 double-page) by Vasi, Specchi and others after Rostagni and Fontana, 21 folding leaves printed recto only of letterpress explanatory text in Latin and Italian. (Laminated repair to lower outer corner of first leaves, light spotting or thumb-soiling, mainly marginal.) Contemporary vellum-backed boards (new covers over boards, small repairs to head and tail of spine, new endpapers).
FIRST EDITION. Berlin Kat. 2755; Brunet V, 1515; Cicognara 968; Olschki Choix 18271.