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FÉLIBIEN DES AVAUX, Jean-François (1619-1695).Vita degli architetti. Venice: Fossati, 1755.
Exemplar with 4 extra plates (following OPAC collation), of this collection of biographies written by Félibien Des Avaux, historiographer to the king and secretary of the Acad?mie royale d'architecture. The volume also includes a section devoted to plans and descriptions of country houses.8vo, (220 x 144 mm). 13 engraved plates, 12 of which are folded several times (OPAC records 9, of which 6 are folded) with views and architectural plans, title page with vignette, head-pieces and engraved initials (earlier repair to marginal tear at the corner of one plate, some browning and foxing, small dampstains and spots). Bound in 19th-century half vellum, title-piece gilt to spine (some wear). Provenance: private library markings to endpapers. (1)
ESTIMATE € 100 - 200
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VECELLIO, Cesare (1521-1601). Habiti antichi, et moderni di tutto il mondo. Venice: Sessa, 1598.
VECELLIO, Cesare (1521-1601). Habiti antichi, et moderni di tutto il mondo. Venice: Sessa, 1598.
ESTIMATE € 2,000 - 3,000
