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212 - Architecture.- Italy.- Patte (Pierre) Description du théatre de la ville de Vicence en Italie, title with woodcut vignette, 6 engraved folding plates and plans, 2 marginal worm trails front endpaper-C4 changing to singular worm trail affecting plates, some staining and scattered light spotting, gutter cracked and plates working loose, hinges cracking, contemporary half calf, spine gilt in compartments with loss in areas, joints starting to split, rubbed and chipped, 4to, Paris, Gueffier and Quillau, 1780.

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£300 (€358)

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Estimation

£400 - 600 (€470 - 720)

Sale fees

32.5%

Architecture.- Italy.- Patte (Pierre) Description du théatre de la ville de Vicence en Italie, title with woodcut vignette, 6 engraved folding plates and plans, 2 marginal worm trails front endpaper-C4 changing to singular worm trail affecting plates, some staining and scattered light spotting, gutter cracked and plates working loose, hinges cracking, contemporary half calf, spine gilt in compartments with loss in areas, joints starting to split, rubbed and chipped, 4to, Paris, Gueffier and Quillau, 1780. *** An important study of Palladio’s celebrated Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza, one of the earliest surviving Renaissance theatres. Very rare. We have been unable to trace any copies at auction and can locate only one copy listed on Library Hub.

Auction details

Books and Works on Paper
Thursday, October 29
01:00 PM
4 Ingate Pl, Nine Elms
SW8 3NS London, United Kingdom

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Forum Auctions +44 2 07 87 12 640 books@forumauctions.co.uk
On Drouot for 5 years avec More than 10,000 lots published

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