Alberti, Leon Battista The architecture of Leon... Lot 249

Alberti, Leon Battista The architecture of Leon Batista Alberti. - Alberti, Leon Battista. The architecture of Leon Batista Alberti. Mondovi, Leonardo Torrentino, 1565. In 2nd (350 x 220 mm); 331, [21] pages. Typographic mark to title page, portrait of the author within oval on verso, 3 plates including 1 double (verso of title page lined, occasional blooming, tear to margin of one paper). Nineteenth-century half-leather binding with gilt title on spine, gilt and chiseled edges. Second edition of Bartoli's translation and second edition of Domenichi's translation of La Pittura, as well as first collective edition of the two works. Also in the lot is a notebook datable to the first half of the 19th century with architectural sketches in pencil and ink. (2)