Accession number
PML 76013
Creator
Fontana, Domenico, 1543-1607.
Published
In Roma : Appresso Domenico Basa, 1590.
Credit line
Gift of Herbert Robinson, 1979.
Notes
Engraver statement follows imprint on t.p.
First edition. This 'Libro primo' was the only one published of this ed.; the second ed. of 1604 added a second book.
With 2 t.p., both engraved, the first consisting completely of text and dated 1590, the second illustrated and dated 1589. Colophon is dated 1590.
With 37 full-page copperplate engravings, of which most are printed on text sheets and 6 are disjunct leaves. Numbered sequentially with text leaves with the addition of 66², 75², and 76¹.
First edition. This 'Libro primo' was the only one published of this ed.; the second ed. of 1604 added a second book.
With 2 t.p., both engraved, the first consisting completely of text and dated 1590, the second illustrated and dated 1589. Colophon is dated 1590.
With 37 full-page copperplate engravings, of which most are printed on text sheets and 6 are disjunct leaves. Numbered sequentially with text leaves with the addition of 66², 75², and 76¹.
Description
[1], 108 [i.e. 111], [5] leaves : ill. (copperplate engravings, some folding) ; 33 cm (fol.).
Binding
Vellum.
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