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SCAMOZZI, Vicenzo. Discorsi sopra l'antichità di Roma. Venice: Francesco Ziletti, 1583.
Small 2° (297 x 200mm.). Etched title, 40 double-page plates by Giovanni Battista Pittoni, all but one etched and all with descriptions to recto, woodcut headpieces and initials. (Dedication misbound after gathering A, title and most leaves lightly dampstained, mainly marginal.) 17th-century sprinkled calf, spine gilt in compartments with raised bands, red morocco lettering-piece (many repairs to spine, dark stains to front cover). Provenance: Charles Anderson (bookplate).
Reissue of the second edition, first published in 1581. Cicognara 656; cf. Mortimer Italian 466 and Olschki Choix 18034.
Small 2° (297 x 200mm.). Etched title, 40 double-page plates by Giovanni Battista Pittoni, all but one etched and all with descriptions to recto, woodcut headpieces and initials. (Dedication misbound after gathering A, title and most leaves lightly dampstained, mainly marginal.) 17th-century sprinkled calf, spine gilt in compartments with raised bands, red morocco lettering-piece (many repairs to spine, dark stains to front cover). Provenance: Charles Anderson (bookplate).
Reissue of the second edition, first published in 1581. Cicognara 656; cf. Mortimer Italian 466 and Olschki Choix 18034.