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Troili, Giulio. Paradoxes for practicing perspective...

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Troili, Giulio. Paradoxes for practicing perspective without knowing it. Bologna, Giuseppe Longhi, 1683. In 2nd (290 x 208 mm); 3 parts in 1 volume; [8], 120; [4], 64 pages. Dedicator's coat of arms on title page, full-page allegorical illustration on verso, repeated one more time, 66 full-page plates (tear and restoration to title page, sporadic browning and blooming). Coeval vellum binding, gilt title on spine gusset, splash cuts. First edition of the work by Troili, a pupil of Gessi and Mitelli.Cicognara 866: "The plates are expressed with clearness of design and carved in wood.. and is one of the best books in this genre."