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Catalogus gloriae mundi (Catalogue of the Glories of the World)
Illustrated by: Unidentified artist, French, 16th century
Author: Barthélemy de Chasseneuz (French, about 1480–1541)
Printer: Georges Regnault (French, active 1538–1550)
Publisher: Antoine Vincent (French, died in 1568)
Author: Barthélemy de Chasseneuz (French, about 1480–1541)
Printer: Georges Regnault (French, active 1538–1550)
Publisher: Antoine Vincent (French, died in 1568)
1546
Place of Publication: Lyons, France
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with 13 full-page woodcuts and numerous smaller ones
Dimensions
Overall: 32.8 x 23.5 x 4.5 cm (12 15/16 x 9 1/4 x 1 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
The Lloyd and Vivian Hawes Collection
Accession Number2000.736
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Lyons: Georges Regnault, for Antoine Vincent, 1546
Catalogue Raisonné
Brunet I, 1819; Mortimer, French, under 136
Description(Lyons: Georges Regnault, for Antoine Vincent, 1546) Folio; 338 leaves; contemporary limp vellum (half-vellum blue paper box, beige phase box).
Full page illustrations: 10v, 11 (royal geneological trees), 42v (the Creation, with Adam and Eve as peasants), 63v (the heavenly hosts), 86v (church council), 104v (imperial council), 136v (royal council, a prison below), 143v (a law court), 159v, 171v (a tournament), 183v (the arts and sciences), 212v (allegories applied science: agriculture, architecture, etc.), 236v (natural sciences). Numerous smaller woodcuts including a scene of a printing shop, 230.
Full page illustrations: 10v, 11 (royal geneological trees), 42v (the Creation, with Adam and Eve as peasants), 63v (the heavenly hosts), 86v (church council), 104v (imperial council), 136v (royal council, a prison below), 143v (a law court), 159v, 171v (a tournament), 183v (the arts and sciences), 212v (allegories applied science: agriculture, architecture, etc.), 236v (natural sciences). Numerous smaller woodcuts including a scene of a printing shop, 230.
ProvenanceIllegible ownership inscriptions on title page; inscription "Di Pietrantonio Tullio..." front flyleaf; inscription dated 1731 on verso of last leaf; William Salloch, Ossining, NY (bookseller, bookmark inside volume); Lloyd and Vivian Hawes, Wellesley, MA; her bequest to MFA, June 2000.