Sale 2457 - Early Printed Medical, Scientific & Travel Books, October 17, 2017

5 ● FALDA, GIOVANNI BATTISTA. Le Fontane di Roma. Part 4 (of 4): Le Fontane del Giardino Estense in Tivoli. 28 engraved plates, including title and dedication. Oblong folio, 273x408 mm, 18th-century marbled boards, recased, endpapers renewed; marginal dampstaining throughout, varying marginal soiling and foxing. Rome: Giovanni Giacomo de’ Rossi, later 17th century [300/500] Illustrations of the grounds of the Villa d’Este in Tivoli, from a collection of views of fountains, grottos, waterfalls, gardens, etc., in Rome and the vicinity. Fowler 117; Millard IV, 36. 6 ● FREITAG, ADAM. L’Architecture Militaire; ou, La Fortification Nouvelle, augmentée et enrichie de Forteresses Regulières, Irregulières, et de dehors. 35 double-page engraved plates; 8 double-page tables. [8], 179 pages, including engraved title. Folio, 298x187 mm, later 19th-century 1 / 2 sheep gilt, spine darkened and rubbed, spattered ink on front cover; scattered minor stains and marginalia, old inscription in upper margin of title. Leiden: Elzevier, 1635 [800/1,200] FIRST EDITION IN FRENCH . Willems 425. 7 ● PALLADIO,ANDREA. I Quattro Libri di Architettura. General and divisional titles within woodcut historiated architectural border; profusion of woodcut illustrations, mostly full-page. 67, [1]; 78, [2]; 46, [2]; 133, [1] (of [3]) pages, including blank 2K4; lacks final blank. 4 parts in one volume. Folio, 308x208 mm, modern brown morocco gilt- tooled to Renaissance-style panel design, spine ends, cover edges, and raised bands rubbed; occasional light marginal dampstaining and foxing, some leaves toned. Venice: Bartholomeo Carampello, 1581 [3,000/5,000] Second edition after the first of 1570,“the most studied of the architectural treatises of the Renaissance” (Millard). Fowler 213; Millard IV, 66. 7 7