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CATANEO, Pietro (d.1569). I Quattro Primi Libri di Architettura. Venice: sons of Aldus Manutius, 1554.
2° (325 x 237mm.). Printer's device on title and verso of final leaf, woodcut initials and illustrations, some full-page. (Title and final leaf browned and spotted, O1 detached, a few other leaves split at inner hinge.) Contemporary boards (backstrip defective, stitching weak).
FIRST EDITION and a good unsophisticated copy of an important work. The first book discusses the siting and laying out of cities and fortifications; the second deals with building materials; the third outlines the principles of church architecture; and the last book gives plans for palazzi. Fowler 82; Renouard 159.
2° (325 x 237mm.). Printer's device on title and verso of final leaf, woodcut initials and illustrations, some full-page. (Title and final leaf browned and spotted, O1 detached, a few other leaves split at inner hinge.) Contemporary boards (backstrip defective, stitching weak).
FIRST EDITION and a good unsophisticated copy of an important work. The first book discusses the siting and laying out of cities and fortifications; the second deals with building materials; the third outlines the principles of church architecture; and the last book gives plans for palazzi. Fowler 82; Renouard 159.