BASSI, Martino (1542-1591). Dispareri in materia d'architettura, e prospettiva...coll'aggiunta Of the writings of the same about the distinguished temple of S. Lorenzo Maggiore in Milan. Milan: Galeazzi, 1771. Fine copy of this scarce reprint of the fictitious epistolary correspondence between the architect Martino Bassi and his contemporary colleagues such as Palladio, Vignola, Vasari, etc, in which the author criticizes the skills of his colleague Pellegrino Tibaldi, then architect of the Fabbrica del Duomo di Milano, who was dismissed following protests in 1585. 4to, (245 x 195mm). 13 folding engraved plates, title-page printed in red and black (light sporadic foxing). Contemporary full vellum binding, title gilt directly to spine, speckled edges. Provenance: Margaritis (contemporary private stamp to title). (1)

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