The architecture of Leon Battista Alberti in ten books [microform] : of painting in three books and of statuary in one book / translated into Italian by Cosimo Bartoli ; and now first into English, and divided into three volumes by James Leoni, Venetian, architect ; to which are added several designs of his own, for buildings both public and private.

Main entry:

Alberti, Leon Battista, 1404-1472.

Title & Author:

Publication:

London : Printed by Thomas Edlin, 1726.

Description:

3 volumes (volumes I. 22 unnumbered pages, 193 leaves, 6 plates volumes II. 130 leaves, 58 plates volumes III. 34 leaves, 8 plates, 10 unnumbered pages, 6 leaves, 27 plates) ; cm.

Notes:
Engraved frontispiece, head-pieces, end-pieces, initials.
Volume 1: [22] pages, [103] leaves, 6 plates. Volume 2: [130] leaves, 58 plates. Volume 3: [34] leaves, 8 plates, [10] pages, [6] leaves, 27 plates.
Title page for volume 2 reads: The architecture of Leon Battista Alberti. Published by James Leoni ... Title page for volume 3 reads: The painting of Leon Battista Alberti in three books and of statuary in one book. Published by James Leoni, to which are added several designs of his own, &c. Volume 3 includes, with separate title page, Some designs for buildings both publick and private by James Leoni architect. London: printed by Thomas Edlin. MDCCXXXVI (1726).
Micropublished as no. A 48 on Reel 8, in "American Architectural Books," based on the Helen Park bibliography, "Architectural Books Available in America before the Revolution". New Haven : Research Publications, Inc., 1972.
Title page repeated in Italian. Parallel text in English and Italian. Text numbered by leaves. Frontispiece preceded by a notice of permission by George II giving Leoni sole printing rights for this volume for 14 years.

Subject:

Painting Early works to 1800.
Sculpture Early works to 1800.
Architecture Early works to 1800.
Peinture Ouvrages avant 1800.
Architecture.
Painting.
Sculpture.

Form/genre:

Early works.

Added entries:

Alberti, Leon Battista, 1404-1472. De re aedificatoria. Italian. 1726.
Alberti, Leon Battista, 1404-1472. De re aedificatoria. English. 1726.
Bartoli, Cosimo, 1503-1572.
Leoni, Giacomo, approximately 1686-1746.

Holdings:

Location: Library study room microform 28633
Call No.: ID88B11700s3 MFM; ID:88-B14385
Status: Available

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