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De artificiali perspectiva
Author: Jean Pélerin (French, died in 1524)
Illustrated by: Jean Pélerin (French, died in 1524)
Cut by: Gabriel Salmon (French, active 1504–1542)
Cut by: Jacquemin Woeiriot (French, 16th century)
Printer: Pierre Jacob (French, 16th century)
Illustrated by: Jean Pélerin (French, died in 1524)
Cut by: Gabriel Salmon (French, active 1504–1542)
Cut by: Jacquemin Woeiriot (French, 16th century)
Printer: Pierre Jacob (French, 16th century)
1505
Place of Publication: Toul, France
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with numerous woodcuts and diagrams
Dimensions
Overall: 31.2 x 21.7 x 1.8 cm (12 5/16 x 8 9/16 x 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Fund in memory of Horatio Greenough Curtis
Accession Number35.54
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Toul: Pierre Jacobi, 1505
Catalogue Raisonné
Brunet V, 1169; Murray, French, 566; Mortimer, French, 420
Description(Toul: Pierre Jacobi, 1505) Folio; 46 leaves; modern gilt-stamped dark green morocco (Hagué).
First edition of the first illustrated printed book on perspective. This was also the first book printed at Toul. This copy includes the four-page French translation of the text bound after fol. E10; however, the last page -- printed on the recto only -- is a mounted fragment of 20 lines of type, losing the last line(s?) of text. There is an autograph inscription mounted on the front flyleaf by Jacques-Charles Brunet, discussing his observations on the bibliography of this title.
First edition of the first illustrated printed book on perspective. This was also the first book printed at Toul. This copy includes the four-page French translation of the text bound after fol. E10; however, the last page -- printed on the recto only -- is a mounted fragment of 20 lines of type, losing the last line(s?) of text. There is an autograph inscription mounted on the front flyleaf by Jacques-Charles Brunet, discussing his observations on the bibliography of this title.
ProvenanceUnknown owner, inventory no. 8293 [see note 1]. Léon de Laborde (b. 1807 – d. 1869), Paris [see note 2]. Ambroise Firmin-Didot (b. 1790 – d. 1876), Paris; May 29, 1879, posthumous Firmin-Didot sale, Labitte et Delestre, Paris, lot 284, to Bernard Quaritch (dealer), London, who owned it until at least 1897 [see note 3]. Comtesse de la Baume Pluvinel; April 24, 1934, Baume Pluvinel sale, Hotel Drouot, Paris, lot 119. 1935, sold by E. P. Goldschmidt and Co., London, to the MFA for £400. (Accession Date: February 7, 1935)
NOTES: [1] There is a possible ownership inscription on the title page, effaced save for inventory number "8293". [2] According to a note in the hand of Jacques-Charles Brunet, mounted on the preliminary leaf. [3] Offered in Quaritch’s General Catalogue (London, 1887), nos. 4377 and 37543, for £200; and Monuments of Typography (London, 1897), no. 471, for £105.
NOTES: [1] There is a possible ownership inscription on the title page, effaced save for inventory number "8293". [2] According to a note in the hand of Jacques-Charles Brunet, mounted on the preliminary leaf. [3] Offered in Quaritch’s General Catalogue (London, 1887), nos. 4377 and 37543, for £200; and Monuments of Typography (London, 1897), no. 471, for £105.