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The architecture of Leon Battista Alberti in ten books : of painting in three books and of statuary in one book : translated into Italian by Cosimo Bartoli : and now first into English, and divided into three volumes
Uniform Title
Della architettura de Leon Batista Alberti. English and Italian.
Title
The architecture of Leon Battista Alberti in ten books : of painting in three books and of statuary in one book : translated into Italian by Cosimo Bartoli : and now first into English, and divided into three volumes / by James Leoni, Venetian, architect ; to which are added several designs of his own, for buildings both public and private.
Publication
London : Printed by Thomas Edlin, MDCCXXVI [1726]
Physical Description
3 volumes : illustrations ; 45 cm
Local Notes
BAC: British Art Center copy bound in contemporary mottled calf; rebacked.
Notes
Plates engraved by Bernard Picart, John Harris, and James (?) Cole; after Giacomo Leoni, Bernard Picart, and Sebastiano Galeotti.
Italian and English in parallel columns.
Title vignette.
With woodcut initials.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
References
English short title catalogue, N65008
Harris, E. British architectural books and writers, 1556-1785, 12
British Architectural Library. Early printed books, 1478-1840, 48
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Wood engravings - 1726.
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