390. Alberti (Leon Battista) L’Architettura, translated by Cosimo Bartoli, title within woodcut architectural border, portrait to verso, 2 woodcut plates and 1 double-page plan, woodcut illustrations throughout, many full-page, some water-staining, touching text, but with no loss, 17th century speckled calf, sympathetically rebacked, corners worn, rubbed, [Fowler 9; Adams A489], 4to, Venice, Francesco Franceschi, Sanese, 1565.
est. £750 – £1000
The first quarto edition.