Title: Academia Nobilissimæ Artis Pictoriæ Author: Sandrart, Joachim von Place: Nuremberg Publisher: C.S. Frobergii Date: 1683 Description: [xviii], 401, [20] pp Engraved frontispiece, portrait and 48 full page plates (3 double page). (Folio) 39x25 cm (15½x9¾") period full vellum, panelled in blind, title in black on spine. First Edition in Latin. First Latin edition of this important work on the history of art, Sandrart is often referred to as the "German Vasari. Large bookplate of William Stirling Maxwell on front pastedown, two additional bookplates on rear pastedown. Lot Amendments Condition: Some soiling to vellum; several plates and leaves shorter and likely provided from another copy; foxing; very good. Item number: 264966
Title: Academia Nobilissimæ Artis Pictoriæ Author: Sandrart, Joachim von Place: Nuremberg Publisher: C.S. Frobergii Date: 1683 Description: [xviii], 401, [20] pp Engraved frontispiece, portrait and 48 full page plates (3 double page). (Folio) 39x25 cm (15½x9¾") period full vellum, panelled in blind, title in black on spine. First Edition in Latin. First Latin edition of this important work on the history of art, Sandrart is often referred to as the "German Vasari. Large bookplate of William Stirling Maxwell on front pastedown, two additional bookplates on rear pastedown. Lot Amendments Condition: Some soiling to vellum; several plates and leaves shorter and likely provided from another copy; foxing; very good. Item number: 264966
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