$3,660
(bound, as issued, with:) Paris: Giacomo Langlois, 1651. 2 parts in 1 vol. Folio, bound in modern 3/4 calf over cloth, gilt-lettered spine. First edition in Italian of what is widely considered the most important treatise on the art of drawing published 132 years after Leonardo da Vinci's death. Illustrated with numerous copper-engravings, including engraved portrait frontispieces of Leonardo and Alberti, two engraved title pages, engraved head and tail-pieces, ornamental initials, and numerous in-text illustrations and diagrams, 19 of which are after Poussin and others by Pierfrancesco. Closed tear to engraved title page; scattered brownspotting; 1-inch tear to i3; toning to edges of pages; otherwise fine.
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2011-04-05
