Description

Title:
El Tratado de la Pintura por Leonardo de Vinci, y Los Tres Libros Que Sobre el Mismo Arte Escribio Leon Bautista Alberti
ISBN: No ISBN
Book #: 014519

Author: Leonardo da Vinci; Leon Bautista Alberti
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Publisher: Diego Antonio Rejon de Silva
Place: Madrid
Year: 1784
Edition: First Castilian (Spanish) Edition

Book Cond.: Good Condition
Jacket Cond.: No Dust Jacket
Binding: Hardcover (Vellum)
Size: Quarto
Book Type: n/a
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Description / Comments:
Size: Quarto. Text is in Spanish. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Full vellum over boards, (xvii), 266 pages, frontispiece engraving by Jose Castillo, illustrated with 41 additional engraving plates. Text in Spanish. Leonardo’s treatise on painting and Alberti’s three books on painting, each accompanied by a brief biography for the artists by Rafael du Fresne. Covers soiled, corners and spine ends bumped and worn, front hinge cracked, scattered staining throughout, a couple of plates are loosening, still highly readable. Quantity Available: 0. Shipped Weight: 2 lbs 1 oz. Category: Art & Design; Spanish Language; Biography & Autobiography. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 014519.