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Illustrated Perspective Treatise by a Renowned Sicilian Architect
AMATO, Paolo. La Nuova Pratica di Prospettiva nella quale si spiegano alcune nuove opinioni, e la Regola universale di Disegnare... Palermo, Vincenzo Toscano & Onofrio Gramignani, 1736.

Very rare sole edition of one of the only illustrated architectural treatises by a working architect published in Sicily.
$13,500





"A Great Influence For a Century Or More" - Blunt, Art & Architecture in France, p. 423, n. 25


FRANCINI, Alessandro. Livre d'architecture contenant plusieurs portiques de diffntes inventions, sur les cinq orders de colonnes. Paris, Melchior Tavernier, 1631.

Rare first edition of this Mannerist suite of designs for triumphal arches and entrances, by a Florentine who had been invited to the French court by Marie de Medici, became royal engineer to Louis XIII, and built grottos and fountains on the grounds of St. Germain-en-Laye and Fontainebleau. He was assisted in these projects by his brother, Tomasso.
$13,500





With Remarkable Views of Rome
MEYER, Cornelius. L'Arte di restituire a Roma la tralasciata navigatione del suo tevere. Rome, Lazzari Varese, 1685.

Unusually fine copy of this handsome work by Cornelius Meyer (1640-1700), the Dutch-born hydraulic engineer and inventor who successfully effected the restitution of the Tiber.
$16,500





Classic Work on Engraving Technique
PAPILLON, Jean Michel. Trait istorique et Pratique de la Gravure en Bois. Paris, Guillaume Simon, 1766.

First edition of the best work on woodcut engraving published in France during the 18th century, and to this day an indispensable reference work on the subject.
$5,850





The First Complete Series of Sistine Chapel Figures With Four Portraits of Michelangelo
SCULTORI, Adamo. Michael Angelus Bonarotus pinxit. Adam Sculptor incidit. Rome, 1540 / 1550.

Rare first edition of the complete suite of engravings of Michelangelo's frescoes for the Sistine Chapel by the Mantuan engraver Adamo Scultori, the earliest comprehensive graphic record of this monumental cycle.
$65,000





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