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<dl><dd>Engraved half-title, with port. of Leonardo by René Lochon. T.p. vignette by Lochon, with interlaced C's for Christina of Sweden, to whom the 1st work is dedicated. Port. of Alberti. Engraved in-text ill., initials, head- and tail-pieces</dd>
<dd>Signatures: ã⁴ ẽ² ĩ⁴ A-O⁴ P-Q² R⁴, ²ã⁴ ẽ² ĩ² a-h⁴</dd>
<dd>Alberti's works translated by Cosimo Bartoli</dd>
<dd>Getty c. 1 lacks final blank. Copy 2 lacks K⁴ (p. 73-82), L1.4 (p. 87-88), ²ã2.3 (port. of Alberti, dedication to Charles Errard)</dd>
<dd>Binding, c. 1: red goatskin. Title in gilt on spine label (now wanting), EDIZIO RARA on lower label. 19th-century armorial bookplate of John Coucher Dent. Theodore Besterman's calligraphic label, signed P.S</dd>
<dd>Binding, c. 2: modern heavy buff paper. Giovanni Muzio's etched bookplate by Giacomo Manzù, now covered by a process reproduction without the names. Pen and ink drawing on back pastedown of a plinth with trophies</dd>
<dd>10 preliminary leaves, 112 pages, 6 leaves ; 7 preliminary leaves, 62 pages 40 cm</dd>
<dd>Engraved half-title, with portrait. Title vignette; initials; head and tail pieces</dd>
<dd>Errors in paging</dd>
<dd>Alberti's Della pittura and Della statua translated by Cosimo Bartoli</dd>
<dd>First edition</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519; Alberti, Leon Battista, 1404-1472; Painting; Sculpture; Painting -- Early works to 1800; Sculpture -- Early works to 1800; Peinture -- Ouvrages avant 1800; Sculpture -- Ouvrages avant 1800</div>
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Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519</div>
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