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Auction archive: Lot number 692

ALBERTI, Girolamo. Introduzione all’arte nautica.

Estimate
€3,500 - €3,800
ca. US$4,147 - US$4,503
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 692

ALBERTI, Girolamo. Introduzione all’arte nautica.

Estimate
€3,500 - €3,800
ca. US$4,147 - US$4,503
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

ALBERTI, Girolamo. Introduzione all’arte nautica.Venezia, appresso Giambatista Albrizzi , 1737 4to; Contemporary full vellum binding, in boards case; pp. 16, incl. Half title and Title page, 295, i.e 291, 1 bl.; 2 pictorial Frontispiece, Vignette on Title page, 3 plates at full page in the text at pp. 290-292, 2 copper plates out text, after pp. 242 e 288, 24 copper plates at the end of the vol. A Total of 31 copper plates. Note of possession on Half Title.
Rare illustrated works of the Venetian XVIII century. Two splendid Frontespieces with symbolic figures are designed by Luca Carlevarijs and engraved by Francesco Baronio; Four plates illustrate flags and coats of arms, five show mobile volvelle; very interesting the big table several times folded depicting a Venetian galleon, accompanied by three legends that indicate precisely all its parts. The Alberti deals with all aspects of navigation and boating, from astrology to the scientific tools to track routes, winds, reading maps and charts; the work is a practical treatise addressed to the commanders and Venetian sailors. Opera rare, only two specimens surveyed in Italy, with less engraved plates.

Auction archive: Lot number 692
Auction:
Datum:
19 Oct 2017
Auction house:
BADO E MART AUCTIONS
Via Dei Soncin, 25
35122 PADOVA
Italy
info@badoemart.it
+39 049 875 5317
+39 049 875 5317
Beschreibung:

ALBERTI, Girolamo. Introduzione all’arte nautica.Venezia, appresso Giambatista Albrizzi , 1737 4to; Contemporary full vellum binding, in boards case; pp. 16, incl. Half title and Title page, 295, i.e 291, 1 bl.; 2 pictorial Frontispiece, Vignette on Title page, 3 plates at full page in the text at pp. 290-292, 2 copper plates out text, after pp. 242 e 288, 24 copper plates at the end of the vol. A Total of 31 copper plates. Note of possession on Half Title.
Rare illustrated works of the Venetian XVIII century. Two splendid Frontespieces with symbolic figures are designed by Luca Carlevarijs and engraved by Francesco Baronio; Four plates illustrate flags and coats of arms, five show mobile volvelle; very interesting the big table several times folded depicting a Venetian galleon, accompanied by three legends that indicate precisely all its parts. The Alberti deals with all aspects of navigation and boating, from astrology to the scientific tools to track routes, winds, reading maps and charts; the work is a practical treatise addressed to the commanders and Venetian sailors. Opera rare, only two specimens surveyed in Italy, with less engraved plates.

Auction archive: Lot number 692
Auction:
Datum:
19 Oct 2017
Auction house:
BADO E MART AUCTIONS
Via Dei Soncin, 25
35122 PADOVA
Italy
info@badoemart.it
+39 049 875 5317
+39 049 875 5317
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