Accession number
PML 55623
Published
[15--]
Credit line
Gift of Henry S. Morgan, 1965.
Notes
164 individual leaves of plates comprising bound volume, leaves numbered 1-160 in pencil, with those numbered 69a,b,c and 83a accounting for the four additional plates in the sequence.
Description
1 v. ([164] plates) ; 40 cm
Provenance
Jacques Auguste de Thou, signatures: Ex libris Jac. Aug. Thuani (front and rear endleaves) and shelfmark (front turn-in); Mrs. J.P. Morgan, Jr., Henry S. Morgan.
Summary
Album of 16th century Italian engravings, chiefly of classical architectural and ornamental subjects. Likely assembled by the publisher Antonio Lafreri (1512-1577), with his typical sheets of blue paper inserted between the various suites of prints.
Binding
Limp vellum, gilt center ornament, all edges gilt.
Classification
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