Accession number
PML 76341.1
Creator
Serlio, Sebastiano, 1475-1554.
Published
In Vinetia : Per Cornelio de Nicolini da Sabbio a instantia de Marchio Sessa, [1551?]
Credit line
Gift of Paul Mellon, 1979.
Notes
1st Italian ed.
Book 2 has caption title only: Il secondo libro di perspettiva.
Imprint from colophon; date estimated.
According to Brunet this undated ed. may have antedated the 1545 French ed., but recent scholars (e.g., Dinsmoor) have accepted 1551 as the date of issue. Cf. Fowler.
Signatures: v.1: A-D⁴; v. 2: A-H⁴.
Mellon no.: L69.3595.
Book 2 has caption title only: Il secondo libro di perspettiva.
Imprint from colophon; date estimated.
According to Brunet this undated ed. may have antedated the 1545 French ed., but recent scholars (e.g., Dinsmoor) have accepted 1551 as the date of issue. Cf. Fowler.
Signatures: v.1: A-D⁴; v. 2: A-H⁴.
Mellon no.: L69.3595.
Description
2 v. in 1 (16, 31, [1] leaves) : ill. (woodcuts) ; 36 cm (fol.)
Provenance
Formerly owned by Collegio di Sal ... ro in Milano (stamp), Jos. Diego Caniell ... (?), Paul Mellon (bookplate).
Binding
Limp vellum, in red cloth case.
Classification
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