SERLIO, Sebastiano. The First [ -Fift ] Booke of Architecture ... translated out of Italian into Dutch, and out of Dutch into English . London: [Simon Stafford and Thomas Snodham] for Robert Peake 1611.
SERLIO, Sebastiano. The First [ -Fift ] Booke of Architecture ... translated out of Italian into Dutch, and out of Dutch into English . London: [Simon Stafford and Thomas Snodham] for Robert Peake 1611. 2° (343 x 239 mm). Titles to books I and II with Serlian scrollwork borders, repeated in titles to books IV and V respectively, book III title in a cartouche supported by putti above a landscape of ruins, 403 woodcut diagrams and illustrations, many full-page, book III fol 29 and 30 joined. Printed in black letter. (Title remargined, last leaf with lower right corner torn away affecting a few letters, laid down, 7 leaves torn and repaired, some leaves trimmed closely, third book G2- end of fifth book E2 with worming mostly to blank margin, some light browning and staining.) 20th-century half calf, gilt edges (chipping and splitting to spine, light wear to edges). Provenance : Ogden Codman (1863-1951) American architect and designer in the Beaux-Arts style (bookplate and label noting the loan of the book to the Metropolitan Museum of art on pastedown); James Grote Vanderpool (ownership inscription). " THE EARLIEST CONNECTED WORK ON ARCHITECTURE IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE" (Fowler) FIRST EDITION OF “BY FAR THE MOST SUBSTANTIAL ENGLISH ARCHITECTURAL BOOK OF ITS DAY ” (RIBA). Its two precedents, Shute's First and Chief Groundes of Architecture (1563), and a translation of Blum's Quinque columnarum exacta descriptio (1601), both derived from Serlio. The only full English edition until recent times, it was financed by the elder Robert Peake (1551?-1619), Sergeant-Painter to Prince Henry from 1607, who signs the dedication to the Prince, and whose name appears in the imprints and colophons; whether Peake himself was the translator is uncertain. It is noticeable that the woodblocks are quite heavily inked to conceal their wear. They had been last used in a German language edition published by Ludwig Königs in Basel, 1609-09, but first appeared in the Antwerp editions of Pieter Coecke van Aelst and his widow between 1539 and 1553. The same blocks were used for the 1606 Amsterdam edition of all five books, published by Cornelis Claesz. The text for this edition was the one used for the English translation, while itself deriving from Coecke's Flemish and French editions of 1539-1553. Due to the practical nature of this work it is rarely found in perfect condition. BAL/RIBA 2976; Fowler 331; Harris 817; Millard British 74; STC 22235.
SERLIO, Sebastiano. The First [ -Fift ] Booke of Architecture ... translated out of Italian into Dutch, and out of Dutch into English . London: [Simon Stafford and Thomas Snodham] for Robert Peake 1611.
SERLIO, Sebastiano. The First [ -Fift ] Booke of Architecture ... translated out of Italian into Dutch, and out of Dutch into English . London: [Simon Stafford and Thomas Snodham] for Robert Peake 1611. 2° (343 x 239 mm). Titles to books I and II with Serlian scrollwork borders, repeated in titles to books IV and V respectively, book III title in a cartouche supported by putti above a landscape of ruins, 403 woodcut diagrams and illustrations, many full-page, book III fol 29 and 30 joined. Printed in black letter. (Title remargined, last leaf with lower right corner torn away affecting a few letters, laid down, 7 leaves torn and repaired, some leaves trimmed closely, third book G2- end of fifth book E2 with worming mostly to blank margin, some light browning and staining.) 20th-century half calf, gilt edges (chipping and splitting to spine, light wear to edges). Provenance : Ogden Codman (1863-1951) American architect and designer in the Beaux-Arts style (bookplate and label noting the loan of the book to the Metropolitan Museum of art on pastedown); James Grote Vanderpool (ownership inscription). " THE EARLIEST CONNECTED WORK ON ARCHITECTURE IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE" (Fowler) FIRST EDITION OF “BY FAR THE MOST SUBSTANTIAL ENGLISH ARCHITECTURAL BOOK OF ITS DAY ” (RIBA). Its two precedents, Shute's First and Chief Groundes of Architecture (1563), and a translation of Blum's Quinque columnarum exacta descriptio (1601), both derived from Serlio. The only full English edition until recent times, it was financed by the elder Robert Peake (1551?-1619), Sergeant-Painter to Prince Henry from 1607, who signs the dedication to the Prince, and whose name appears in the imprints and colophons; whether Peake himself was the translator is uncertain. It is noticeable that the woodblocks are quite heavily inked to conceal their wear. They had been last used in a German language edition published by Ludwig Königs in Basel, 1609-09, but first appeared in the Antwerp editions of Pieter Coecke van Aelst and his widow between 1539 and 1553. The same blocks were used for the 1606 Amsterdam edition of all five books, published by Cornelis Claesz. The text for this edition was the one used for the English translation, while itself deriving from Coecke's Flemish and French editions of 1539-1553. Due to the practical nature of this work it is rarely found in perfect condition. BAL/RIBA 2976; Fowler 331; Harris 817; Millard British 74; STC 22235.
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