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SCAMOZZI, Ottavio Bertotti. Il forestiere istruito delle cose piu' rare de architettura, e di alcune pitture della citta' di Vicenza, Vicenza: Giovambattista Vendramini Mosca, 1761.
4°, engraved title vignette, frontispiece portrait and 36 plates, including 30 folding (a few occasional light spots), contemporary diced calf, gilt-tooled border on covers, gilt decorated spine (front joint split, 2 cords still holding, head and tail of spine chipped, corners bumped), marbled edges. Provenance: Carton Library, bookplate.
FIRST EDITION of an excellent guide to Vicenza arranged as a dialogue over a two-day visit to the city. Not in Cicognara.
4°, engraved title vignette, frontispiece portrait and 36 plates, including 30 folding (a few occasional light spots), contemporary diced calf, gilt-tooled border on covers, gilt decorated spine (front joint split, 2 cords still holding, head and tail of spine chipped, corners bumped), marbled edges. Provenance: Carton Library, bookplate.
FIRST EDITION of an excellent guide to Vicenza arranged as a dialogue over a two-day visit to the city. Not in Cicognara.