SCAMOZZI, Ottavio

Il Forestiere Istruito Delle Cose Piu' Rare Di Architettura,
E Di Alcune Pitture Della Città Di Vicenza ..

Giovambattista Vendramini Mosca, Vicenza, 1761

Quarto, pp.119, [1], 240 × 170mm / 9 ¼  × 6 ¾ ”.

First Edition

With engraved frontispiece portrait of Mario Capra (the dedicatee), 36 pull-out and five full page engraved plates by Cristoforo dall' Acqua. Title with engraved vignette and with small vignettes throughout.  

    The Binding

     Rebound in terracotta hand dyed native morocco goatskin with elaborate hand tooling in the style of Italian eighteenth century bindings (British Library, c68aa13, Davis 832). In place of an armorial block, the binding is studded with 36 sapphires, 12 yellow and six blue sapphires, all set in silver rods clustered together at the centre of the front and back boards. The front and back boards are set with eight 9 carat gold bosses to the corners and there is simple decorative tooling to the dentelles and board edges, with period style marbled endpapers. The spine has five raised bands and all the edges of the book retain the original red stippling.