‎Vredeman De Vries‎
‎Perspective‎

‎La Pratica della perspettiva, opera molto profittevole a pittori, scultori e architetti. Précieuse et rare édition originale du grand traité d’architecture de Barbaro, le premier ouvrage de perspective pratique publié en Italie.‎

‎Séduisant exemplaire conservé dans son vélin souple du temps. L’exemplaire personnel du peintre Antoine Rivalz, avec son ex-libris manuscrit. Venetia, Camillo e Rutilio Borgominieri, 1569.In-folio de (1) f. bl., 195 pp., (6) ff. Vélin souple, titre calligraphié au dos, mouillures éparses, petites galerie de vers marginales sans aucune atteinte au texte. Reliure de l’époque.313 x 225 mm.‎

‎Précieuse édition originale de 1568, avec titre de relais, de ce rare traité.Adams, B-171 ; Berlin Kat., 4694 ; Brunet, I, 644; Cicognara, 809; Fowler, 36; Gamba, 1233; Mortimer Italian, 39 ; Censimento, 16 CNCE, 4133 ; Riccardi, I, p. 76-77.Elle est illustrée d’un très beau titre gravé et de 200 figures gravées dans le texte représentant des illusions d’optique, des formes géométriques, des perspectives, des coupes architecturales, le théâtre de Franceschi, des lettrines, les mesures du corps humain…Plusieurs états de l’édition originale sont décrits sans priorité : le premier dans lequel la date du titre et du colophon est 1568, un état intermédiaire avec le titre seul daté de 1569, un autre dans lequel les deux dates sont changées.Il s’agit du premier ouvrage de perspective pratique publié en Italie.« Opera dottissima e diligentissima” (Cicognara).Les trois bois à pleine page de scènes de théâtre proviennent du Serlio de 1566 ; d'autres sont des copies de Dürer Underweysung der messung. La dernière planche donne une belle représentation d'un instrument de mesure nouvellement inventé par Giacomo Fusto Castriotto.“Barbaro mentions a camera obscura fitted with a ci-convex lens. He introduces a novelty - the use of a diaphragm to sharpen the image. This is the first mention of a device essential in photography... " (Gernsheim, Hist. of Photogr., p. 22)Barbaro reprend dans son ouvrage les idées de Pelerin, Durero, Serlio et Cataneo en les simplifiant et en rendant la perspective plus accessible aux artistes, aux architectes aux peintres et aux sculpteurs. Il donne la première description de la « camera oscura ».“Daniele Barbaro (1514-1570) took an enthusiastic interest in perspective. He was a well-educated scholar from the Venetian nobility and had a distinguished diplomatic career, first within the political administration – spending part of this period as an ambassador to England- and later in ecclesiastical circles. His many activities included commenting on and supervising the publication of an edition of Vitruvius’s work on architecture. In 1568 Barbaro published “La pratica della pespettiva”. On the title page of the work he claims it was beneficial reading for painters, sculptors and architects. Barbaro was well acquainted with the perspective literature and covered almost all the aspects of the discipline known at the time and in a way that makes his book almost encyclopedic.” (K. Andersen).Séduisant exemplaire conservé dans son vélin souple du temps.Provenance : ex-libris manuscrit du peintre Antoine Rivalz daté de 1701 correspondant à l’année de son retour de Rome à Toulouse, après plus de dix ans en Italie. Riche de l’enseignement qu'il avait reçu à Toulouse, à Paris et à Rome, Antoine Rivalz créa un style original et varié, influencé par l'art baroque, l'art classique, les traditions picturales du XVIIe siècle et l'héritage des écoles italiennes.‎

‎Traité de Perspective linéaire, à l'usage des artistes [...] par L.-N. Lespinasse. [SUIVI DE:] De la Perspective des Batailles. Ouvrage orné de trois planches en taille douce gravées par MM. Duplessis-Bertaux et Tardieu. Par L. N. Lespinasse.‎

‎ Paris, Anselin et Pochard, 1823 ; Magimel, 1809. 2 ouvrages in-8 reliés, 232 pp. et (27) pl. (1-26 et 12 bis) - (4)-39-(1) pp. et 3 pl., reliure de l'époque demi-chagrin (coiffes un peu frottées, quelques rousseurs, une planche avec quelques traits repassés en rouge). ‎

‎Edition originale pour De la Perspective des Batailles. Les deux ouvrages sont complets de leurs planches gravées dépliantes (27 et 3 planches). * Voir photographie(s) / See picture(s). * Membre du SLAM et de la LILA / ILAB Member. La librairie est ouverte du lundi au vendredi de 14h à 19h. Merci de nous prévenir avant de passer,certains de nos livres étant entreposés dans une réserve. ‎

‎Manuel de perspective, du dessinateur et du peintre, Encyclopédie Roret‎

‎L.V.D.V. Inter-livres sd, L.V.D.V. Inter-livres, in-16 cartonné de II+253+VIII planches noir et blanc. Encyclopédie Roret, 3ème édition, revue, corrigée, augmentée, réimpression de l'édition de 1829. Contenant les élémens de géométrie indispensables au tracé de la perspective, la perspective linéaire et aérienne, et l'étude du dessin et de la peinture spécialement appliquée au paysage. | Etat : Bon état général (Ref.: J4458)‎

‎La pratica di prospettiva. 2 parts. - [FUNDAMENTAL WORK ON PERSPECTIVE]‎

‎Venice, Girolamo Franceschi, 1596. Folio (400x260 mm). Two parts bound in one later (presumably 19th century) sprinkled full calf with blindstamped geometrical ornamentations to boards. Leather on back board renewed. Engraved title-page neatly restored at inner margin, far from affecting imprint" old owner's inscription (""""Ex libris Ludovici A. la...""), crossed-out previous owner's name, and traces after a stamp to title-page. With Medici arms at the top and those of Sirigatti at foot of title-page, repeated on title-page of part two. As with all other copies we have been able to locate, the title-page is trimmed, affecting approximately 1 cm of the allegorical depictions in margin. Large woodcut printer's device at the end of the volume. Light occassional discolouring, but overall in very fine condition. 1 f. (allegorical frontispiece), 3 ff. (of dedication and index), 43 plates numbered with parallel text, 1 f. (large woodcut printer's device), 22 copper engraved plates (including the title-page of the second part) numbered 44-65. I.e. 65 plates in total - fully complete.‎

‎The rare first edition of this most important work on the art of perspective: ""Questa e la più elegante delle edizioni di libri prospettici per i tipi, pei caratteri, per la carta"" (Cicognara 860). Sirigatti's work is famous for being one of the very earliest thorough works solely dedicated to the art of perspective. Combining the visual language of the German book tradition of Lencker and Jamnitzer with the Italian tradition of linear perspective treated previously by Serlio and Barbaro and earlier that of Leon Battista Alberti (unillustrated), as applied to stage design and architectural theory, this is one of the seminal Italian works on the subject of perspective. Presumably this work functioned as basis for Galileo’s drawing technique. The book quickly became very popular and several Italian editions were reprinted in the 17th century"" its reputation was so long-lived that an English translation was published no less than 160 years after the original. The work is divided in two parts: The first part is dedicated to the elementary rules of perspective to plane and solid geometric figures (which also contain musical instruments like the lute (plate 41 and 42)). The second part depicts architectural elements, facades of palaces and churches, in polyhedrons of various forms and regular Platonic solids, with several references to Luca Pacioli's ""divina proportione"". Furthermore, Sirigatti famously contributed to the study of theatrical perspective: ""He is the first to mention that the full effect of the perspective frame, for instance in a stage set, can be enjoyed only by those sitting along the main axis. This is a fundamental aspect of absolutist theater that no doubt had been noticed by designers of princely entertainments earlier, but is first commented on in print by Sirigatti, whose observations were taken up more extansively by Pietro Accolti."" (Millard).Two problems were endemic in perspective designs. First, because perspective scenery exploits the difficulty of the eyes in judging the sizes and distances of objects, it works best by assigning the spectator to a single point of vision and manipulating relative magnitudes to make small images represent objects that are larger and farther away. Second, the apparent magnitude and distance of painted objects tended to clash with the fixed size of live actors when applied to the theater, threatening to produce absurd combinations of scale when performers wandered upstage. Sirigatti was first to ""acknowledge the problem of spectator position. Sirigatti proposed a way to combine a painted perspective backdrop with fixed three-dimensional scenery that diminished in size as it neared an upstage vanishing point"". (Camp, The First Frame). Sirigatti was not only influential in the theory of architecture and stage design. ""Galileo ""most certainly studied"" La pratica di prospettiva, which was published in Venice while Galileo was teaching nearbyby in Padova, and that when Galileo and Thomas Harriot simultaneously pioneered the use of the telescope to study the moon's surface, it was Galileo's training in chiaroscuro that led him to see mountains and craters where Harriot only saw ""strange spottedness""."" (The Partnership of Art and Science: The Moon of Cigoli and Galileo).Sirigatti was a member of the Academy of Drawing (Accademia del Disegno), a school for artists and engineers (where Galileo studied as a young man). Any young artist or mathematician working his way through Sirigatti and learning to create the spikes on a ring diagram such as this would master perspective and the handling of light and shadow (chiaroscuro). Each spike must cast an appropriate shadow, not unlike the patches Galileo would later discern through his ""perspective tube"" and interpret as the shadows of mountains protruding up from the surface of the Moon.Adams S-1224Cicognara 860Fowler 336Graesse VI,417 Macclesfield 1896Mortimer 479Millard 129 (the 1625-edition)‎

‎A Complete, Scientific, and Popular Treatise upon Perspective, with the Theories of Reflection and Shadows. Illustrated with Twenty-Four Plates ‎

‎London Simpkin & Marshall 1836 Première édition anglaise. Jolie reliure pleine cuir verte de l'époque avec abondante décoration dorée sur le dos et les plats. Un peu frotté mais encore en bon état. Gardes marbrées. Il y a une inscription au prix de la Spitalfield School of Design de mai 1843 au papier final. Sur le deuxième papier de fin se trouve une grande inscription cadeau offrant le livre à un jeune garçon à l'occasion de son 12e anniversaire. Le reste du travail est en bon état, propre, avec un léger assombrissement / rousseur uniquement. Joli frontis gravé d'une vue en perspective de l'hôpital de Greenwich de l'autre côté de la Tamise. A 24 autres planches dépliantes montrant un total de 168 figures différentes démontrant des aspects de la perspective. 210 par 140 mm (8Œ par 5œ pouces). XIV, 152, XXIV. pp. Édition anglaise de "Essai de perspective pratique pour rectifier les compositions et dessiner d'après nature" (Paris 1828). - Le peintre français JP Thénot (1803-1857) était le plus célèbre professeur de dessin à Paris au début du 19e siècle. Son manuel « Les règles de la perspective » était également très apprécié par Paul Cézanne, comme en témoigne son exemplaire récemment découvert avec de nombreuses annotations manuscrites de Cézanne.‎

‎First English Edition. Attractive contemporary full leather green binding with profuse gilt decoration to the spine and boards. A little rubbing but still in good condition. Marbled end papers. There is a prize inscription from Spitalfield School of Design from May 1843 to the end paper. On the second end paper is a large gift inscription giving the book to a young boy on his 12th birthday. The rest of the work is in good, clean condition, with a light darkening / foxing only. Attractive engraved frontis of a perspective view of Greenwich Hospital from across the Thames. A Further 24 folding plates showing a total of 168 different figures demonstrating aspects of Perspective. 210 by 140mm (8Œ by 5œ inches). xiv, 152, XXIV. pp. English edition of "Essai de perspective pratique pour rectifier les compositions et dessiner d'après nature" (Paris 1828). - The French Painter JP Thénot (1803-1857) was the most famous drawing teacher in Paris at the beginning of the 19th century. His textbook "Les regles de la perspective " was also highly valued by Paul Cezanne, as evidenced by his recently discovered copy with numerous handwritten annotations by Cezanne. .‎