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Alberti, Leon Battista, Los Diez Libros de Architectura de Leon Baptista Alberto. Traduzidos de Latin en Romance, 1582. S.l. [Madrid]. Con Privilegio En Casa de Alonso Gomez Impressor de su Magestad.
Alberti, Leon Battista, Los Diez Libros de Architectura de Leon Baptista Alberto. Traduzidos de Latin en Romance, 1582. S.l. [Madrid]. Con Privilegio En Casa de Alonso Gomez Impressor de su Magestad.

Alberti, Leon Battista

Los Diez Libros de Architectura de Leon Baptista Alberto. Traduzidos de Latin en Romance, 1582. S.l. [Madrid]. Con Privilegio En Casa de Alonso Gomez Impressor de su Magestad.
First edition in Spanish of the first printed book on architecture, commented by Spanish architect Herrera.

The first edition of Leon Battista Alberti's 'De Re Aedificatoria' in Spanish, one of the most influential books on architecture, an appealing copy.
$ 12,000.00
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8vo, (201 x 153 mm). pp. (i), (vi), 343 (i.e. 347), (xxxviii). Eighteenth century calf, spine with lettering piece, ink markings to front board, minor abrasions to back board, slight crackling and edgewear to spine. Flyleaves with some edge-loss, ink markings and stain to frontispiece, dampstaining throughout text along bottom edge, occasional foxing and staining, overall a very good copy.


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