Les Edifices Antiques de Rome. Dessinés et Mesurés tres exactement
by DESGODETZ, Antoine
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About This Item
Paris: Chez Jean Baptiste Coignard, 1682.. First edition, folio, (xiv), 323, (1) pp. Engraved title page and 137 plates, 21 of which are double page, later bookplate. Early 20th century half morocco, marbled sides, recent repair to the foot of the joints. A handsome copy of the first accurately measured survey of Rome's ancient building, correcting many errors made by Palladio and others.
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- Bookseller
- Bow Windows Bookshop (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 34683
- Title
- Les Edifices Antiques de Rome. Dessinés et Mesurés tres exactement
- Author
- DESGODETZ, Antoine
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Paris: Chez Jean Baptiste Coignard
- Date Published
- 1682.
- Keywords
- Art Architecture
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Bow Windows Bookshop has a large general stock of old and fine books and maps. Owned in partnership by Ric Latham and Jonathan Menezes, we buy and sell all manner of titles from early leatherbound volumes to modern first editions. We exhibit at bookfairs in the UK and North America and issue regular printed catalogues. Located in the beautiful county town of Lewes in the south-east of England, we are open six days a week. All our books are described as accurately as possible and we abide by the Code of Good Practice of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association
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- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...