Architecture. VITRUVIO. Architettura dal vero... Lot n° 36

VITRUVIO. Architettura dal vero esemplare latino nella volgar lingua tradotto... MDXXXVenice, Zoppino, 1535[Colophon:] In Vinegia per Nicolo de Aristotele detto Zoppino ... 1535 del mese di marzo Small folio. 284 x 198 mm. Half vellum binding, manuscript title on spine, modern guard sheets. Papers 12 unnumbered, CX. Markings: 2A-2B⁶ A-N⁸ O⁶, Colophon to paper 2B6r. Title page printed in red and black within large woodcut frame, 136 woodcut illustrations in text. Slight traces of use, skillful restoration to Frontispiece and some occasional repair to inner margin, good copy. Beautifully illustrated edition. Italian version edited by Francesco Lucio Durantino. The fine illustrations are taken from those in the first figured edition printed in Venice by Giovanni Tacuino. The first translation of Vitruvius appeared in Como in 1521 by Cesariano; this was followed in 1524 by a new, improved version by Francesco Lucio Durantino, of which this is a reprint with corrections. The editor's name appears in the preface at paper 2A1v. Small Folio 284 x 198 mm. Half vellum, title written on the spine, modern endpapers. 12 leaves not numbered, CX. Collation: 2A-2B⁶ A-N⁸ O⁶, Colophon on leaf 2B6r. Red and black title page within frame, 136 woodcuts within text. Slight sign of wear, skilled restoration on title page. occasional reparation on margin. Good copy. Beautiful magnificently illustrated edition. Italian version edited by Francesco Lucio Durantino. The valuable illustrations are taken from those of the first illustrated edition, printed in Venice by Giovanni Tacuino. The first translation of Vitruvius appeared in Como in 1521 by Cesariano; followed, in 1524, a new improved version by Francesco Lucio Durantino, of which this is a reprint with corrections. The name of the editor appears in the preface to paper 2A1v.