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Il primo [-secondo] libro d'architectura
Illustrated by: Sebastiano Serlio (Italian, 1475–1554?)
Author: Sebastiano Serlio (Italian, 1475–1554?)
Printer: Jean Barbé (French, 16th century)
Author: Sebastiano Serlio (Italian, 1475–1554?)
Printer: Jean Barbé (French, 16th century)
1545
Place of Publication: Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with 132 woodcuts
Dimensions
Overall: 36.9 x 25.5 x 6 cm (14 1/2 x 10 1/16 x 2 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
George Nixon Black Fund
Accession Number34.857.1
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Paris: Jean Barbé, 1545
Catalogue Raisonné
Brunet V, 304-05; Fowler 303; Mortimer, French, 492
Description(Paris: Jean Barbé, 1545) Folio; 79 leaves; old blind- and gilt-stamped yellow-green suede, red leather label.
Illustrations of architectural renderings, sections, and diagrams; elaborate decorative scrollwork title; and three renderings of stage sets ("scena comica" [leaf after fol. i3], "scena tragica" [i5r], and "scena satyrica" [i6v]).
BOUND with Vitruvius, 1547 (34.857.2)
Illustrations of architectural renderings, sections, and diagrams; elaborate decorative scrollwork title; and three renderings of stage sets ("scena comica" [leaf after fol. i3], "scena tragica" [i5r], and "scena satyrica" [i6v]).
BOUND with Vitruvius, 1547 (34.857.2)
ProvenanceE.P. Goldschmidt & Co., London, from whom purchased by MFA, October 4, 1934.