176 - Sebastiano SERLIO. General Rules of Architecture… on the Five Styles of Buildings, namely, Tuscan, Doric, Ionic, Corinthian… Venice, Francesco Marcolini da Forli, 1540. - The Third Book by Sebastiano Serlio of Bologna, in which the antiquities of Rome are illustrated and described… Ibid., id., 1540. Small folio, cream vellum, smooth spine with loops on the hinges, gilt initials in the center of the covers, lacing (modern pastiche binding). 150/250

Sebastiano SERLIO. General Rules of Architecture… on the Five Styles of Buildings, namely, Tuscan, Doric, Ionic, Corinthian… Venice, Francesco Marcolini da Forli, 1540. - The Third Book by Sebastiano Serlio of Bologna, in which the antiquities of Rome are illustrated and described… Ibid., id., 1540. Small folio, cream vellum, smooth spine with loops on the hinges, gilt initials in the center of the covers, lacing (modern pastiche binding). 150/250 Brunet, V-304 / Millard, 125 /// IV. LXXVIf. / III. CLVf. The fourth and third volumes of Sebastiano Serlio’s works, first published in Venice by the same publisher in 1537 and 1540. All of Serlio’s works underwent numerous reprints, and it is common to find copies consisting of isolated sections assembled at random. Beautiful copies bound in modern vellum bearing the initials “F.P.” of Fernand Pouillon, along with the motto “Do what you would wish to have done when you die.” Washed copy. Red stamp on the title page of the fourth part.