1855. COCCHI, Francesco. Lezioni di prospettiva pratica nonchè regole abbreviatrici per disegnare le scene seguite da un facile metodo per la prospettica collocazione delle fi gure ne' quadri di storia. Seconda edizione. 2 volumes. Text volume: 2, 227 pp. and 2 folding plates. 8vo, publisher's wrappers with later linen spine. Plate volume: letterpress title page followed by 25 full page engraved plates. Oblong folio, 305 x 394 mm., bound in contemporary Italian quarter calf over marbled boards, green morocco label on front cover. Bologna: Società Tipografica Bolognese e Ditta Sassi, 1855. Second edition. A finely illustrated model book on perspective for set designers by Francesco Cocchi, a pupil of the Bolognese artist Antonio Basoli. The 25 plates show a large variety of perspective stage design, the last being richly animated with actors. The plate volume has a light waterstain to the last three leaves and minor rubbing to joints. The text volume has intermittent, inoffensive foxing and curling to some page ends. However, given the rarity, these are insignificant. OCLC records no copies of this edition in the U.S., and only 5 of the 1851 edition.

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Title: Lezioni di prospettiva pratica nonchè regole abbreviatrici per disegnare le scene seguite da un facile metodo per la prospettica collocazione delle fi gure ne' quadri di storia. Seconda edizione.
Author: COCCHI, Francesco
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Hardcover
Date Published: 1855
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Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
Wrappers: The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
Morocco: Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Plate: Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
Leaves: Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
Marbled boards: ...
Title Page: A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
Folio: A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
Calf: Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...