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1561. BOOK: (ARCHITECTURE). SERLIO, SEBASTIANO:...

1561. BOOK: (ARCHITECTURE). SERLIO, SEBASTIANO: EXTRAORDINARIO LIBRO DI ARCHITETTURA. Venetia: Appresso Giouambattista, & Marchio Sessa fratelli, 1561. Folio major. 6 h. (a6 transposed, but complete) + XX plates + XXV copperplate engravings. Of the first series of plates 4 are missing (I, II, IX and X). Rust spots and upper margin of title page trimmed, although it does not affect the text box. Enc. in period parchment, with some old markings. Brunet V, 304. This is one of the most representative works of the distinguished Venetian architect. He contributed, along with others of his time, to the arrangement and regulation of the classical orders of architecture.