SERLIO, Sebastiano. Tutte l'Opere d'Architettura di Sebastia...

SERLIO, Sebastiano. Tutte l'Opere d'Architettura di Sebastiano Serlio Bolognese..., Venice: Presso Francesco de' Franceschi, 1584, engr. titles to books one, five, six, seven, woodcut illustrations throughout, later tree-calf, scuffed & edgeworn, old re-back, marbled endpapers, 4to. Lacks general title, prelims, index/table, errata (i.e. all before Libro Primo); marginal tear and repaired tear to engr. title book one; lacks engr. titles to books two, three, four; lacks penultimate 3 leaves book two (49, 50, 51); lacks 20 leaves book seven (37, 51, 65, 67, 103, 105, 127, 131, 135, 143, 147, 151, 155, 163, 165, 167, 175, 195, 227, 243); lacks upper quarter of 2 leaves (45, 161) book seven (cut-out); woodcut illustration to book four at 186 repeats that verso 182, rather than the alternate found in some other copies; final leaf of book six bound within prelims of book seven; single worm-hole upper-fore-corner first half of block (text largely unaffected). [The first collected edition of Serlio's seven books on architecture, including the influential woodcuts of portals in the Libro Estraordinario (Book Six), amongst numerous others. Generally clean internally. Sold with all faults. USTC 856063]

Estimate:£300

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