拍品 221
- 221
VITRUVIUS POLLIO, DE ARCHITECTURA, COMO, 1521, OLD VELLUM
估價
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
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描述
- De architectura libri dece traducti de latino in Vulgare affigurati, commentate, & con mirando ordine insigniti [edited and translated by Cesare Cesariano]. (Como): Gottardo da Ponte, (15 July 1521)
folio (420 x 290mm.), woodcut printer's device on title-page and another beneath the register, woodcut initials (that on A1r depicting a scholar or an astronomer at a desk), numerous woodcut illustrations (some full-page), with the earlier state of the errata leaf (see BAL RIBA), some manuscript annotations (by Giusti? see provenance), later Italian vellum over pasteboards, occasional light foxing or soiling, title-page with numerous paper repairs, A2, D1, P1 and P3 with marginal repaired tear, G1 torn and repaired (affecting image but without loss), R1 and R8 slightly browned, final leaf torn and repaired, binding slightly worn
來源
Gianfrancesco Giusti, inscription on flyleaf (plausibly the eighteenth-century abbot from Lucca who was a mathematician and architect)
出版
BAL RIBA 3519; Edit16 49742; Mortimer, Harvard Italian 544
Condition
Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
拍品資料及來源
FIRST ITALIAN EDITION OF VITRUVIUS. Cesariano, the editor and translator, also produced many of the woodcuts, though due to a dispute with his collaborators (Massimo Bono Mauro and Benedetto Giovio), his commentary on the last few books was not included and they had to supply the text; some of this information is provided in the letter at the end by the sponsors of the printing, Agostino Gallo and Aloisio Pirovano. The contract regarding the financing of the printing was dated 11 April 1521. "The most beautiful of all the early editions" (PMM, p.16).