L'idea della architettura vniversale
By: di Vincenzo Scamozzi, architetto veneto, diuisa in X. libri ...
Publisher: Expensis auctoris; Per Giorgio Valentino
Published: 1615
Place of publication: Venetiis
Language: ita
Subjects: Early works to 1800; Architecture
Other titles: Idea della architettvra universale
Notes: Printer name appears at colophon of both pts.

The 1st ed. Books 4-5 & 9-10 were never published. See Fowler.

Both pts. have engraved t.p.'s with author's port. In addition each book has special t.p. with printer's device (chamois & dogs), signed V.F. Numerous full-page woodcut and engraved plans, elevations and details, some double page, most signed by Scamozzi. The woodcut "Descrittione de' XVI. venti" on p. 96, pt. 1, is repeated on p. 142. Head- and tail-pieces. Grotesque, foliated and historiated initials.

Signatures: a chi² A-G H a²(a2+chi1) I-K L-M² N-R S T-X² Y a² Z-2I 2K-2L, a-b c * ²A-B C D² E-O P a² ²Q-Z, chi² ³A-G H-I * 2*(2*4+chi1).

Each pt. has index.

Fowler 292

Neither Getty copy has the cancelled plate on p. 62, book 6, found by Fowler in his copy.

Binding, c. 1: old vellum. Author & title written at head of spine. Binding, c. 2: later vellum. Author & title in gilt on spine. Page edges red.

Copy 1 signed at foot of t.p.: Gysberi Martinj Anhaltin. Several other inscriptions on t.p. have been effaced.

Centered on front pastedown of c. 2 is Giovanni Muzio's etched bookplate by Giacomo Manzù. Above it are 2 ownership inscriptions, that of Giocondo Albertolli, who bought the book on 17 Feb. 1797, and that of Andrea Avellino Gaspari, who bought it on 9 Oct. 1841.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. Dell'eccellenza di questa facoltà, degl'architetti prestanti, e precetti, inuentioni, disegni, modelli & opere merauigliose. Le qualita dei paesi e siti; le forme delle città e fortezze reali; e di tutti i generi d'edifici sacri, publici e priuiati; antichi, e proprij dell'autore, con i loro disegni; title: pt. 2. Dell' esquisitezza de' cinque ordini. E de loro colonnati, archi, modo, nature più regolate; e delle materie conueneuoli all' edificare. Poi del fondare, eleuare, finire, e ristaurare bene le fabriche; redurre in miglior stato le città e paesi; e construere le machine e stromenti. Con i disegni in rame.