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[Model book] PISTRUCCI, Filippo Iconologia ovvero immagini di tutte le cose principali a cui l'umano talento ha finto un corpo [...] colla traduzione francese di Sergent Marçeau. Milan, P. A. Tosi, 4to: xii [incl. front.]-240-[pp.; (of pl. (pl. nr 6 missing, pp. 168-misbound, sl. soiling, some foxing on edges). Contemp. cardboard binding (used). Inside nice copy. Vol. 1 only. Rare first edition of this magnificently illustrated emblematic model book for painters and sculptors, ill. by 1 front. and (of plates partly printed in colours and finished with aquatint, signed by the author. Each model or icon (i.a. Abundance and Scarcity, Adultery and Conjugal Faith, Charity, Eloquence and Stupidity, Philosophy) is accompanied by parallel text in Italian and French. Pistrucci estimated, as he pointed out in his introduction, that the coloration is a significant component of his work, as his descriptions often refer to a specific colour associated with each icon. Rare at public auction. Sold w.a.f. Ref. Opac SBN. - Landwehr, Rom., - SUDOC. - Not in BnF, Opac KBR.