Serlio, Quinto libro d'architettura, Venice, 1551, modern boards

Sebastiano Serlio. Quinto libro d'architettura di Sabastiano Serlio, Bolognese nel quale si tratta di diverse forme de tempii sacri secondo il costume christiano, & al modo antico a la Serenissima Regina di Navarra. Venice: (Pietro Nicolini da Sabbio for Melchiorre Sessa, 1551)

The second edition of book V, with woodcut illustrations copied from the 1547 Vascosan first edition (lot 610). The title is in the same architectural frame as the 1537 Marcolini edition of book 4 (lot 603).

This was also issued as part of the first collected edition of Serlio's five books on architecture (Edit16 32814).

Folio (367 x 252 mm). Italic type. collation: AAA-CCC⁴ EEE⁶: 18 leaves. Title printed in red and black within an architectural woodcut frame, woodcut initials and illustrations. (Occasional light marginal dampstaining, final leaf slightly frayed).

binding: Modern pasteboard (374 x 259 mm).

acquisition: Purchased in 2009 from Libreria Antiquaria Mediolanum, Milan. references: Fowler 322; Vène, Bibliographia Serliana 19; cf. BAL RIBA 2971 (set of 5 books) and Mortimer, Harvard Italian 473 (1559 Sessa edition of book V)