Accession number
PML 37968
Creator
Parasole, Elisabetta Catanea, approximately 1575-approximately 1625.
Published
In Roma : Appresso Antonio Facchetti. Alla Fontana di Trevi, 1598.
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Paul G. Pennoyer.
Notes
Letterpress title page and 38 woodcut designs for working lace in various techniques, including, as described in letterpress captions at head of indiviual leaves, "Lavoro a ponto in aria", "Lavoro a ponto reticella", "Lavoro de maglia quadra", "Lavoro de meza mandolina", and "Lavoro de 24. et de 26. piombini"; illustrations designed and cut by Elisabetta Catanea Parasole.
Content of Library's copy is identical to that of the Foulc copy (now in the collection of the Bibliothèque de l'Institut National d'Histoire de l'Art, collections Jacques Doucet, consulted online June 29, 2017), except that leaves 27 and 29 have switched places and plate 35 has has been mistakenly bound here as plate 39; bibliographical descriptions suggest that the edition was originally issued with a total of 38 designs and letterpress title, for total of 39 leaves; Lotz, in his description of the Landau copy, notably calls for the addition of a dedication leaf, and cites a total of 40 leaves for this edition; examination of the Landau copy in the online database of the Bibliothèque nationale de France (no. FRBNF35284999), however, reveals a volume comprised of only the title leaf and 35 of the 38 plates present in other copies.
Content of Library's copy is identical to that of the Foulc copy (now in the collection of the Bibliothèque de l'Institut National d'Histoire de l'Art, collections Jacques Doucet, consulted online June 29, 2017), except that leaves 27 and 29 have switched places and plate 35 has has been mistakenly bound here as plate 39; bibliographical descriptions suggest that the edition was originally issued with a total of 38 designs and letterpress title, for total of 39 leaves; Lotz, in his description of the Landau copy, notably calls for the addition of a dedication leaf, and cites a total of 40 leaves for this edition; examination of the Landau copy in the online database of the Bibliothèque nationale de France (no. FRBNF35284999), however, reveals a volume comprised of only the title leaf and 35 of the 38 plates present in other copies.
Description
[1], 38 leaves : chiefly illustrations (woodcut) ; 13 x 20 cm
Inscriptions/Markings
In pencil on inside of front cover, "Imperfect: plates 35 and 40 wanting"; "Parasole, Isabetta Catanea Lotz 129c - 3d ed. (and last listed by Lotz)".
Provenance
Bookplate of the Huth Collection; from the collection of Mrs. J.P. Morgan; Mrs. Paul Pennoyer.
Classification
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