L'idea della architettvra vniversale /
di Vincenzo Scamozzi, architetto veneto, diuisa in X. libri ...

Description

Main Author

Scamozzi, Vincenzo, 1552-1616.

Language(s)

Italian

Published

Venetiis : Expensis auctoris : an. MDCXV [1615]

Subjects

Architecture
Architecture > Architecture / Early works to 1800.
Early works
Engravings (prints) > Engravings (prints) / Italy > Engravings (prints) / Italy / 17th century.
Woodcuts (prints) > Woodcuts (prints) / Italy > Woodcuts (prints) / Italy / 17th century.

Note

Each pt. has index.
Signatures: ₁a⁶ chi² A-G⁶ H⁴ ₂a²(a2+chi1) I-K⁶ L-M² N-R⁶ S⁴ T-X² Y⁸ ₃a² Z-2I⁶ 2K-2L⁴, ₄a-b⁶ c⁴ *⁶ ²A-B⁶ C⁴ D² E-O⁶ P⁸ ₅a² ²Q-Z⁶, chi² ³A-G⁶ H-I⁴ ₂*⁶ 2*⁴(2*4+chi1).
Both pts. have engraved t.p.'s with author's port. In addition each book has special t.p. with printer's device (chamois & dogs), signed V.F. Numerous full-page woodcut and engraved plans, elevations and details, some double page, most signed by Scamozzi. The woodcut "Descrittione de' XVI. venti" on p. 96, pt. 1, is repeated on p. 142. Head- and tail-pieces. Grotesque, foliated and historiated initials.
The 1st ed. Books 4-5 & 9-10 were never published. See Fowler.
Printer name appears at colophon of both pts.

Physical Description

2 pts. in 1 : ill., plans, port. ; 36 cm. (fol. in 6's)

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