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Friday 16 December 2016, 10:30 AM • Rome

Fontana, Domenico

Della trasportatione dell’obelisco vaticano, 1590

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€ 1.200 - 1.500

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Roma, Domenico Basa, 1590. In 2°. Frontespizio inciso in rame, ritratto dell’autore in elaborata cornice architettonica inciso da Bonifacio Natali e datato 1589 al margine inferiore, 35 tavole incise all’acquaforte, mancano le carte 46, 49, 97, 98, 106, lacuna riparata al centro delle prime 20 carte con perdita di alcune lettere o immagine soprattutto sulle prime, legatura coeva in pergamena rigida, dorso liscio, tassello con autore e titolo in oro, tagli a spruzzo rossi, qualche abrasione, piede del dorso lacunoso. Ex libris Dr Bonnette al contropiatto.
Prima edizione. Brunet II, 1329; Cicognara 3736; Fowler 124: "the plates are an important example in the development of architectural drawing".

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