Sold for:
$2,952
$2,952
Alberti, Leon Battista (1404-1472) L'Architecture et Art de Bien Bastir. Paris: by Robert Massellin for Jacques Kerver, 1553. First French edition, folio, translation by Jean Martin, title page printed within elaborate woodcut compartment incorporating Kerver's initials at the top; illustrated with woodcuts throughout, woodcut portrait of Alberti on verso of title; large woodcut printer's device of unicorn on verso of last leaf; some thumbing, slight chipping, and minor water stains; bound in full 17th century French sponge-decorated sheepskin; decased, covers heavily worn, 13 1/2 x 9 in.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2015-11-15