Libro del misurar con la vista…Nel quale s’in…

Description

Third edition. Small 4to., Contemporary limp vellum. 19.5x13x1.2 cm. Giordano Ziletti. Venice. 1570. (8) 131, (1) pp. Engraved title, 51 (of 54) woodcuts, woodcut initials, headpieces and tailpieces. Fair, incomplete copy, lacking the ffep, pages 1-2 and 7-8 and colophon, covers wrinkled and soiled, previous owners ink notes, some old repairs, dark stain affecting top margin, title page soiled and trimmed into image, small margin at foredge. Italian text. A text on proportion and triangulation by the Roman architect Silvio Belli. weight: 0.4 lb.