Leon Battista Alberti, L'Architettura, 1550

Leon Battista Alberti, L'Architettura, 1550
Leon Battista Alberti (1404-1472), L'Architettura. Translated into Italian by Cosimo Bartoli. Florence, published by Lorenzo Torrentino, 1550. First illustrated edition of De re aedificatoria and first edition of Bartoli's translation to Italian. Alberti's treatise on architecture was the first Renaissance work on the subject and the first architectural work to be printed (1485). Features dozens of woodcuts of architectural plans and illustrations. [2], 404 pages, [22]. 35 cm. Fair-good condition (light stains, very slight worming to frontis, slight tear to frontis, cover not original and in dilapidated condition, spine torn and damaged). Ex libris and owner's marks on the back of the cover and the frontis.