The architecture of Leon Battista Alberti in ten books. . Of painting in three books and Of statuary in one book. Translated into Italian by Cosimo Bartoli. And now first into English, and divided into three volumes by James Leoni, [...].
Leon Battista Alberti (1404 - 1472)
Category
Books
Date
1726
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 3048753.3
Summary
Bibliographic description
v.3. plates (some folding) . fol.. Identified in 1768 catalogue: F.2. Bound with Leoni's 'Some designs for buildings both publick and private[...]' (London: 1726).. Provenance: Monogram spine stamp: GW beneath earl's coronet, letters fronded (25mm x 20mm) [i.e.: George Booth, 2nd earl of Warrington (1675-1758)].. Binding: Panelled, sprinkled calf; blind ruled, rolled and tooled; spines gilt, monogram spine stamp: GW beneath earl's coronet, letters fronded (25mm x 20mm) [i.e.: George Booth, 2nd earl of Warrington (1675-1758)]; spine label missing.
Makers and roles
Leon Battista Alberti (1404 - 1472) Cosimo Bartoli (1503-1572) Giacomo Leoni (c.1686 - 1746) Raphael Trichet du Fresne (1611-1661)