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L'architettura

Title
L'architettura / di Leonbatista Alberti ; tradotta in lingua fiorentina da Cosimo Bartoli gentil'huomo & accademico fiorentino ; con la aggiunta de disegni.
Author
Alberti, Leon Battista, 1404-1472
Publication
In Firenze : Appresso Lorenzo Torrentino impressore ducale, MDL [1550]

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TextBy appointment only Spencer Coll. Ital. 1550Schwarzman Building - Print Collection Room 308

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Additional Authors
  • Bartoli, Cosimo, 1503-1572
  • Torrentino, Lorenzo, -1563
  • Cosimo I, Grand-Duke of Tuscany, 1519-1574
Description
404, [24] pages : illustrations, portrait; 32 cm (fol.)
Alternative Title
  • Architettvra Di Leonbatista Alberti Tradotta in lingua Fiorentina da Cosimo Bartoli
  • Architettura di Leonbatista Alberti
  • Della architettura
  • Della architettvra
Subjects
Genre/Form
Woodcuts – Italy – 16th century.
Note
  • First published in Latin with title De re aedificatoria (Florence, 1485). This is the second Italian translation and the first illustrated edition; a previously published translation by Pietro Lauro (Venice, 1546) has title I dieci libri dell'architettura.
  • Signatures: a-z⁶ A-C⁶ D⁴ E² F-L⁶ M⁴ N-O⁶. Leaf O6 blank. Sig. E is composed of two leaves pasted together at fore-edge to form one folded sheet with large woodcut plan, paged [321], 322-323, [324] (the unnumbered pages blank; signed "e" on page numbered 323).
  • Illustrations: numerous woodcuts, including historiated border on title page and author's portrait. Pictorial initials.
  • Dedication by Bartoli to "Cosimo de Medici, duca di Firenze": pages 3-4.
Indexed In (note)
  • Brunet, J.-C. Manuel du libraire et de l'amateur de livres (5e éd.)
  • EDIT 16
Additional Formats (note)
  • Also available online (Getty Research Institute copy) via HathiTrust.
Provenance (note)
  • With monogram label of Baron Horace de Landau and stamp on title page: Bibl. Gvst. C. Galletti, Flor.
Binding (note)
  • Binding, of vellum.
Call Number
Spencer Coll. Ital. 1550
OCLC
314434731
Author
Alberti, Leon Battista, 1404-1472, author.
Title
L'architettura / di Leonbatista Alberti ; tradotta in lingua fiorentina da Cosimo Bartoli gentil'huomo & accademico fiorentino ; con la aggiunta de disegni.
Publisher
In Firenze : Appresso Lorenzo Torrentino impressore ducale, MDL [1550]
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Indexed In:
Brunet, J.-C. Manuel du libraire et de l'amateur de livres (5e éd.), v. 1, column 130
EDIT 16 CNCE 723
Additional Formats
Also available online (Getty Research Institute copy) via HathiTrust.
Binding
Binding, of vellum. NN
Provenance
With monogram label of Baron Horace de Landau and stamp on title page: Bibl. Gvst. C. Galletti, Flor. NN
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Place of Publication
Italy Florence.
Added Author
Bartoli, Cosimo, 1503-1572, translator.
Torrentino, Lorenzo, -1563, printer.
Cosimo I, Grand-Duke of Tuscany, 1519-1574, dedicatee.
Galletti, Gustavo Camillo, 1805-1868, former owner.
Landau, Horace de, 1824-1903, former owner.
Running Title
Della architettura
Research Call Number
Spencer Coll. Ital. 1550
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