THE AGAR-ELLIS-BURY COPY
Della pittura e della statua.
Milano.
Dalla Società Tipograpfica de'Classici Italiani, 1804.
8vo.
xxv, [1], 136pp, [4]. With an engraved portrait frontispiece and a further six engraved plates. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, supralibros of George Agar-Ellis to both boards. Rubbed, without lettering-pieces. Recent bookplates of J. B. Bury and Michael Bury to FEP.
An early nineteenth century Milanese edition of Renaissance humanist Leon Battista Alberti's (1404-1472) seminal treatise on perspective; once the property of author, politician, and patron of art George Agar-Ellis (1793-1833).
Agar-Ellis, an avid collector, published numerous works on art history. He was a trustee of both the British Museum and the National Gallery, In 1832, he was elected the president of the Royal Society of Literature.
Provenance: From the library of late pioneering art historian and author John Bernard Bury (1917-2017).
£ 100.00
Antiquates Ref: 32523
Agar-Ellis, an avid collector, published numerous works on art history. He was a trustee of both the British Museum and the National Gallery, In 1832, he was elected the president of the Royal Society of Literature.
Provenance: From the library of late pioneering art historian and author John Bernard Bury (1917-2017).
