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POZZO, ANDREA. Rules and Examples of Perspective Proper for Painters and Architects. Engraved frontispiece, vignette titles in English and Latin, dedication leaf, plate of drawing instruments, plate of the five orders, and 101 full-page explanatory plates with historiated initials. Folio, contemporary calf with early rebacking; small repaired clean tear to margin of English title, contemporary owner's signature (Fran. Haslewood 1770). London: for J. Senex and R. Gosling, circa 1725
Second English Edition of the most important book on perspective of the late baroque period and one of the most attractive. It is a translation by John James of the 1693 Roman edition, Part I, but without the folding plate of the ceiling of St. Ignatius Church, which first appeared in the 1702 Roman edition. The handsome engravings, printed by John Sturt, are among the most detailed of their day. The first edition of the work was considered the most elaborate and expensive book published in Britain at the time. Harris 704; Fowler 252 note.
