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Alberti (Leon Battista): L'Architettura ... Tradotta in Lingua Fiorentina da Cosimo Bartoli, 4to, Venice, Appresso Francesco Franceschi Sanese, 1565 [Fowler p. 9; STC 489], inscribed on title by Nicholas Stone, and dated 1639, woodcut title-surround, portrait and illustrations, many full-page, late 18th century half calf (rubbed).

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Alberti (Leon Battista): L'Architettura ... Tradotta in Lingua Fiorentina da Cosimo Bartoli, 4to, Venice, Appresso Francesco Franceschi Sanese, 1565 [Fowler p. 9; STC 489], inscribed on title by Nicholas Stone, and dated 1639, woodcut title-surround, portrait and illustrations, many full-page, late 18th century half calf (rubbed).

拍品專文

Nicholas Stone was the second son of Nicholas Stone, the architect, visiting Italy in 1638. He became an eminent sculptor in his own right, and died in 1647 (cf. The Dictionary of Artists of the English School [1905], p. 394).