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VITRUVIUS POLLIO, MARCUS.
M. Vitruvius per Jocundum solito casti-
gatior factus.
Title within woodcut border; 134 (of 136) woodcut illustrations. [4], 110,
[8] (of [10]) leaves; lacks M1-2 (with 2 woodcuts of constellations), colophon leaf, and final
blank. Folio, 303x213 mm, modern
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calf gilt; marginal stains through much of volume
with traces of mold, occasional soiling, scattered crude early marginalia and marginal
repairs, early owner’s inscription on title, H4.5 and L5 remargined and possibly supplied
from another copy, index leaves torn in gutters and crudely rehinged affecting some text.
SOLD AS IS
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(Venice: Giovanni Tacuino, 22 May 1511)
[1,000/2,000]
FIRST FULLY ILLUSTRATED EDITION
of the only surviving early work on classical architecture,
also dealing with a wide range of technical subjects, written in the 1st century B.C. and first
published circa 1486-87. This edition was also the first edited by the architect and scholar
Giovanni Giocondo. Fowler 393; Harvard/Mortimer-Italian 543; Millard IV, 156.
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WRIGHT, JOHN MICHAEL.
An Account of His Excellence Roger Earl
of Castlemaine’s Embassy, from His Sacred Majesty James the IId., King of
England . . . to His Holiness Innocent XI.
17 etched plates, by Arnold van Wester-
hout after Giovanni Battista Lenardi and others, chiefly depicting coaches and table
decorations, including folding double-page depiction of immense banquet table. [4], 116
pages. Folio, 322x205 mm, modern leather; marginal toning and soiling through most of
volume, worming in upper outer corners without text or image loss, scattered stains
slightly affecting a few plates, old signatures on title, repaired clean tear in Q1, double-page
plate separated at folds and mounted.
London: Tho. Snowden for the Author, 1688
[800/1,200]
FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH
of a work originally published the year before in Italian. Wright
(1617-94) was a painter who accompanied the Earl of Castlemaine’s diplomatic mission to
Rome, overseeing the Earl’s elaborate procession to an audience with the Pope and the lavish ban-
quet that followed. Wing W3702 (this edition); Lipperheide (1963) 2751 (original edition).
END OF EARLY PRINTED BOOKS
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