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LEONARDO DA VINCI Tratado della Pittura... Nuovamente dato in luce, con la vita dell'istesso autore, scritta da Rafaelle du Fresne. Paris: Giacomo Langlois, 1651. Engraved additional title, 2 engraved portraits (one of Alberti in second part), numerous engraved head- and tail-pieces and initials, and numerous engravings in text (19 of which are after Poussin and others by Pierfrancesco Alberti 2 parts in one, folio, contemporary vellum, covers slightly bowed with a little soiling and staining; engraved additional title laid down, title-page soiled and repaired along fore-margin, gutter margin renewed on aiii, lacking final blank (h4), E3 with margin repair, some leaves evenly browned, approximately 8 leaves with upper gutter margins lightly dampstained, some marginal soiling and wear. FIRST EDITION, published the same year as the first French edition. The second part is entitled Leon Battista Alberti Della Pittura, Della Statua. Brunet V:1257; Graesse VI:327. See also lot