Estimate € 1,000 - 1,500
Sold € 1,800
Auction: 24 September 2019 at 15:00
SERLIO, Sebastiano (1475-1554) - De architectura libri quinque. Venice: Franciscum de Franciscis Senensem, & Ioannem Chriegher, 1568-69. A fine copy of the first Latin edition of this renown work by Sebastiano Serlio. Good margins and great quality of the woodcuts. Folio (318 x 215mm). Printer's device on title, following titles within elaborate woodcut borders, woodcut historiated initials and numerous woodcuts of Palazzi, churches, sections and arches (occasional light staining and spotting, few leaves just a little browned). Contemporary vellum, red edges (modern endpapers). The lot is accompanied by a export license.
Estimate € 1,000 - 1,500