L'architettura di Leonbatista Alberti.
Leon Battista Alberti (1404 - 1472)
Category
Books
Date
1565
Materials
Place of origin
Italy
Collection
Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire
NT 3161995
Summary
Bibliographic description
320, '322', [1], 325-404, [28] p. :. ill. ;. 4to in 8s. Imperfect: wants A7-A8. Numbers "1.C" and "1490" on front endpapers, with pencil note "Duplicate of 80 E." Provenance: armorial bookplate "Spencer Compton, VIII Duke of Devonshire, K.G. Chatsworth Bookcase [52] Shelf [F] " (52.F. inserted in manuscript), pasted over an earlier bookplate. Spine has gilt-stamped ducal coronet on spine above a swash D, with smaller initials WS [i.e. William Spencer Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire (1790-1858)]. Chatsworth duplicate Binding: eighteenth-century mottled calf; all edges red; rebacked in nineteenth-century.
Makers and roles
Leon Battista Alberti (1404 - 1472) Cosimo Bartoli (1503-1572)