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SABBATINI, Nicola. Pratica di fabricar Scene, e Machine ne' Teatri. Pesaro: Flaminio Concordia, 1637.
Small 2° (280 x 200 mm.). Collation: \kp2 (1r title, 1v blank, 2r dedication to Cardinal Grimaldi, 2v printer's preface); A-L4 M2 (Libro Primo, M1v-2r index, M2v blank). Dedicatee's woodcut coat-of-arms, 49 woodcut diagrams and illustrations, historiated initials. (Two small marginal tears, some light staining.) Contemporary Italian flexible boards, uncut. Provenance: Ascanio Passari della Pergola (contemporary inscription scored through); Flaminio Mannelli (18th-century inscription).
VERY RARE FIRST EDITION of the first book entirely devoted to theatre construction, stage design and machinery. Libro Secondo was not published until the second edition in 1638 (Ravenna). Berlin Katalog 2785.
Small 2° (280 x 200 mm.). Collation: \kp2 (1r title, 1v blank, 2r dedication to Cardinal Grimaldi, 2v printer's preface); A-L4 M2 (Libro Primo, M1v-2r index, M2v blank). Dedicatee's woodcut coat-of-arms, 49 woodcut diagrams and illustrations, historiated initials. (Two small marginal tears, some light staining.) Contemporary Italian flexible boards, uncut. Provenance: Ascanio Passari della Pergola (contemporary inscription scored through); Flaminio Mannelli (18th-century inscription).
VERY RARE FIRST EDITION of the first book entirely devoted to theatre construction, stage design and machinery. Libro Secondo was not published until the second edition in 1638 (Ravenna). Berlin Katalog 2785.