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ACCOLTI, Pietro (fl. 1625-42). Lo Inganno de gl'occhi, prospettiva pratica ... trattato in acconcio della pittura, Florence: Pietro Cecconcelli, 1625, 2° (297 x 216mm.), FIRST EDITION, engraved arms of Cardinal Prince Carlo Medici on title, numerous woodcut diagrams including 2 full-page on recto and verso of X1, colophon leaf with woodcut device, woodcut initials (title lightly browned, some spotting, tiny wormhole in lower margins), contemporary crimson morocco gilt, sides with differing large armorials, spine in 4 compartments with raised bands and brown morocco lettering-pieces (old labels at foot of spine), g.e. [Brunet VI, 8424]
Details
ACCOLTI, Pietro (fl. 1625-42). Lo Inganno de gl'occhi, prospettiva pratica ... trattato in acconcio della pittura, Florence: Pietro Cecconcelli, 1625, 2° (297 x 216mm.), FIRST EDITION, engraved arms of Cardinal Prince Carlo Medici on title, numerous woodcut diagrams including 2 full-page on recto and verso of X1, colophon leaf with woodcut device, woodcut initials (title lightly browned, some spotting, tiny wormhole in lower margins), contemporary crimson morocco gilt, sides with differing large armorials, spine in 4 compartments with raised bands and brown morocco lettering-pieces (old labels at foot of spine), g.e. [Brunet VI, 8424]
Provenance
contemporary inscriptions in Italian on rear blank; 19th-century signatures of William Godolphin and C. Gykoburle on title.