Alberti, Leon Battista. Della architettura della... Lot 600

Alberti, Leon Battista. Della architettura della pittura e della statua. Bologna, Istituto delle scienze di Bologna and Petronio Dalla Volpe, 1782. In 2nd (365 x 247 mm); xiii, [3], 341, [3] pp. 69 copper-engraved plates, 4 of which are folded, letterpress mark with "Volpe" and the city of Bologna in the background (some plates poorly bound or bound in reverse, halo.) Slightly later half-leather binding with friezes and gold title to spine (tears to hinges). The work contains illustrations engraved by Pio Panfili from the 1726 London edition. Olschki, Choix de livres VI, 8054: "Très belle édition faite avec beaucoup de soin."