Les livres d'architecture
| Author(s) | Alberti, Leon Battista Bartoli, Cosimo |
|---|---|
| Title | L’architettura... |
| Imprint | Monte Regale [Mondovi], L. Torrentino, 1565 |
| Localisation | Los Angeles, Getty Research Library, NA 2515. A33i 1565 b |
| Subject | Architecture |
In August, 1565, in Monte Regale (Mondovi) , a few months after Francesco De Franceschi, Leonardo Torrentino republished the illustrated translation of Alberti that his father Lorenzo had published in Florence in 1550. He reused the original woodcuts and saved on paper by using smaller print. In order to stand out from his Venitian colleague he added the Italian translation of the De pictura by Lodovico Domenichi which had first appeared in Venice in 1547 at the presses of Giolito de Ferrari. This is the only addition, despite the indication in the title (“Et altri diversi trattati del medismo auttore”).
Frédérique Lemerle (Cnrs, Cesr, Tours) – 2013
Critical bibliography
M. Carpo, L’architettura dell’età della stampa : oralità, scrittura, libro stampato e riproduzione meccanica dell’immagine nella storia delle teorie architettoniche, Milan, Jaca Book, 1998.
D. Moreni, Annali della tipografia fiorentina di Lorenzo Torrentino, impressore ducale, Florence, Daddi, 1819 ; facsimile (ed. M. Martelli), Florence, Le Lettere, 1989, p. 117.
J. Rykwert & A. Engel, Leon Battista Alberti, Milan, Olivetti/Electa, 1994, pp. 467-468.