Estimate € 400 - 600
Sold € 450
Auction: 22 January 2018 at 15:00
CAPRA, Alessandro (c.1610-1683) - La nuova architettura famigliare. Bologna: Giacomo Monti, 1678. First edition of this importan treatise on agricolture. 4to (205 x 145mm). Title within woodcut border with small woodcut device, full-page portrait of the author, 2 folding plates (some wear and a small hole to title and first leaves, waterstaining, one of the folding plates repaired at inner margin, without final blank). Modern boards backed in vellum (head of spine chipped, extremities rubbed).
Estimate € 400 - 600