Accession number
PML 76060
Creator
Serlio, Sebastiano, 1475-1554.
Published
In Venetia : Presso Francesco de' Franceschi Senese, 1584.
Credit line
Gift of Paul Mellon; 1979.
Notes
1st collected ed. of the seven books.
Each "libro" has special t.p. with ornamental border, but only Books I, VI (Libro Estraordinario) and VII have the imprint. The illustrations of Books I-V and Estraordinario are from the same blocks as those of the Venice 1566 quarto edition; those of Books VII are reduced copies of the Venice 1575 folio edition.
Signatures: a4 a-f4 A4 B-F8 G4 G-I8 K-P4 Q-S8 T4 2I-2Q4 2R-3A8; a-c8 d4 *4 A-08 P10.
Errata: leaf [24], first series.
Mellon no.: L69.365.
Each "libro" has special t.p. with ornamental border, but only Books I, VI (Libro Estraordinario) and VII have the imprint. The illustrations of Books I-V and Estraordinario are from the same blocks as those of the Venice 1566 quarto edition; those of Books VII are reduced copies of the Venice 1575 folio edition.
Signatures: a4 a-f4 A4 B-F8 G4 G-I8 K-P4 Q-S8 T4 2I-2Q4 2R-3A8; a-c8 d4 *4 A-08 P10.
Errata: leaf [24], first series.
Mellon no.: L69.365.
Description
7 v. in 1 ([24], 219, [1], 27, [5] leaves, 243 p.) : ill., plans ; 25 cm (4to)
Provenance
Formerly owned by Arthur Cates (?, inscription), Paul Mellon (bookplate).
Binding
Contemporary vellum; in 1/4 blue morocco case.
Classification
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