Elementi d’Architettura civile ridotti in Compendio

by Nicolino de’ Calepio

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22 x 16.5 cm , 95 1 pp., with viii engraved plates including frontispiece by Cristoforo dall’Acqua after Calepino . Bound in near-contemporary stiff vellum, title label retained from earlier binding. Inconsequential soiling to title and edges of a few leaves, but otherwise very good. Rare first and sole edition of this clear and systematic treatise on civil architecture, by Bergamo architect Nicolino de’ Calepio, of interest for the regional

• Binding: Leather

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