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ZANOTTI Eustachio. Trattato teorico-pratico di prospettiva. Bologna, Lelio Dalla Volpe, 1766 4to, 260 x 195 mm; contemporary paper binding; pp. [6], 207, [1, Errata e Imprimatur]. Copper printer’s mark on the title page, 11 folded copper plates out text. Slight foxing, nice specimen in wide margins.
First edition. Important work composed of astronomer and mathematician in contrast with the work published a few years before by Bibiena. Kemp: "Eustachio Zanotti's treatise, as one would expect from a scientist of his quality, provides an analytical treatment of the mathematics of perspective at a highly professional level. He is aware that the science of geometric perspective can not be regarded as a precise match of visual experience, and he recommends the avoidance of doctrinaire effects of foreshortening in large scale schemes to be viewed from different angles, but his ultimate recommendation is that the painter can best evoke reality by following the established rules with care and consistency. Riccardi:" It's rare and precious ... It's one of the most precious treatises of perspective "Cicognara:" This excellent and clear treatise is proven with ease of method in 55 impressed figures In 11 large tables. "Section VIII, The Perspective of the Attic, and the Scenes mostly affect the scenography and the theatrical perspective . Kemp, Science of Art, 141-42; Riccardi, II, 654-5; Cicognara, n. 874.