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Architettura Civile - Vittone, Bernardo Antonio

Elementary instructions...of Civil Architecture, 1760

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Lugano, Agnelli, 1760. In 4°. The first two volumes with the title Istruzioni elementary, the second two with the title Istruzioni diverse, Lugano, Agnelli, 1766. Volume I: title page and folded diagram; II volume: figurative frontispiece and 103 plates numbered 1-101, (II and XXIV repeated, of which 19 are folded); Volume III: text only; IV volume: figurative frontispiece and 111 plates. double page. Some light blooms and light water stains, frontispiece of the third volume. with small lack and slight restorations. Membership signature.


Specialist Notes

Rare first edition. Vittoni, one of the greatest and most original architects of the late Piedmontese Baroque, in this treatise was able to create an original synthesis of the lessons of Guarini and Juvarra, of whom he was a pupil.

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