TROILI, Giulio

Lot 176
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Lot 176 | TROILI, Giulio
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TROILI, Giulio (1613-1685) - Paradossi per pratticare la prospettiva senza saperla. Bologna: Giuseppe Longhi, 1683.

Second edition of the first two parts, much enlarged after the first edition of 1672, and first edition of the third part, often missing. An important practical treatise on perspective, aimed at painters, sculptors and architects. It is also an important work in the history of theatrical scenery, as Troili, a scenic painter for the Farnese theater at Parma, details various means of visual deception.

3 parts in one volume, folio (292 x 210mm). Woodcut vignette on title, numerous woodcut illustrations, some full-page (first leaves slightly browned, some occasional spotting and staining, C1 in the third part slightly trimmed at the lower margin). Contemporary vellum, manuscript title on spine (light wear).
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