Accession number
PML 198911
Creator
Mattioli, Lodovico, 1662-1747, engraver.
Published
[Bologna] : [Lelio dalla Volpe], 1728.
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 2022.
Notes
A drawing manual, "for use by beginners of drawing and engraving," engraved throughout.
The engraved models were adopted from works by Guercino (Morgan, 2016.17:1 and 2016.17:2; see also PML 77722.1-2), Luca Ciamberlano, Giacomo Franco, Agostino Carracci, Jusepe de Ribera, Federico Barocci, Carlo Maratti, and others.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 24/24.5 x 34 cm.
The engraved models were adopted from works by Guercino (Morgan, 2016.17:1 and 2016.17:2; see also PML 77722.1-2), Luca Ciamberlano, Giacomo Franco, Agostino Carracci, Jusepe de Ribera, Federico Barocci, Carlo Maratti, and others.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 24/24.5 x 34 cm.
Description
24 leaves of plates : all illustrations (engravings) ; 26 x 35 cm (oblong 4to)
Inscriptions/Markings
Some plates with pencil "B" in right margin.
Provenance
Morgan Library & Museum, purchased from Martayan Lan Rare Books on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, July 2022.
Binding
Contemporary laced preliminary (carta rustica) binding (26 x 35 cm), sewn on 4 supports. Plain paper pastedowns and endleaves, rear endleaf with counter-watermark "A S" (unidentified). All leaves with tab-fold for sewing.
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