£500
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photography | 575
Auction: 9 October 2019 at 12:00 BST
Rome: Stamperia de Antonio de Rossi, 1697. Small folio (333 x 210mm.), pp. xiv; 117 engraved plates (3 unnumbered, then numbered 1-110, with 4a, 72a, 72b & 1 unnumbered between plates 90 & 91), 18th century tree calf gilt, spine gilt, neatly rebacked retaining original spine, red morocco lettering piece, bookplates of J.B. and Michael Bury; Palomino de Castro Y Velasco, Antonio Histoire Abregée des Plus Fameux Peintres, Sculpteurs et Achitectes Espagnols. Paris: Delaguette, 1749. 12mo., contemporary mottled calf, spine decorated gilt in compartments, red morocco lettering piece, joints cracking, book plate of John Bury; Orlandi, Pellegrino Antonio Abecedario Pittorico … di pittura, scoltura, ed architettura. Venice: Giambatista Pasquali, 1753. 4to., title page in red and black, with 3 engraved tables of monograms, contemporary vellum, red morocco lettering piece, paper a little spotted throughout, book plate of John Bury; and 3 others (6)
Provenance: From the Library of the Late John Bernard Bury