Libreria Antiquaria Pregliasco

21. FALdA, Giov. Batt. Il Nuovo Teatro delle
Fabbriche et edificii in prospettiva di Roma
moderna. Date in luce da Gio. Jacomo Rossi,
Roma 1665, € 9.500
oblong folio, 3 parts in one vol., 19 th century calf , gilt spine.
With 3 engraved titles, 3 engraved dedication leaves and
83 engraved plates of squares and churches of Rome,
beautiful views of architecture of the city. First edition of
an important work of Italian architecture: ‘in Italy, up to
this time, there had been no extensive and systematic attempt
to record contemporary Renaissance architecture... Falda’s
work, aside from its historic value, is of special interest in showing
the development in Italy of the realistic approach to
architectural representation’ (Fowler 116). The composition
of copies varies with the position of plates moving
within the parts, as they were numbered and reissued: the
plates are divided as in the Fowler copy (excluding titles
and dedications): part I, 33 numbered plates; part II, 14
unnumbered plates; part III, 36 numbered plates.
Sometimes copies are found with the two continuation
parts IV and V published after Falda’s death. A fine and tall
copy of the first issue. Berlin Kat. 2666. [18925]
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