A tracte containing the artes of curious paintinge caruinge & buildinge : written first in Italian by Io: Paul Lomatius painter of Milan and Englished by R.H student in physik.
1598
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Title
A tracte containing the artes of curious paintinge caruinge & buildinge : written first in Italian by Io: Paul Lomatius painter of Milan and Englished by R.H student in physik.
Uniform title
Trattato dell'arte de la pittura, scultura, et architettura. Book 1-5. English
Created/published
[Printed at Oxford] : [by Ioseph Barnes for R[ichard] H[aydock], Anno Domini, M.D.XC.VIII. [1598]]
Description
[24], 119, [1], 218, [2] p. : ill. (copper-plate engravings) ; (fol.)
Associated name
Lomazzo, Giovanni Paolo, 1538-1600, author.
Haydocke, Richard.
Barnes, Joseph, -1618, printer.
Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.
Smedley, William T. (William Thomas), 1851-1934, former owner.
Haydocke, Richard.
Barnes, Joseph, -1618, printer.
Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.
Smedley, William T. (William Thomas), 1851-1934, former owner.
Note
A translation of books 1-5 of: Trattato dell'arte de la pittura, scultura, et architettura.
Translator's dedication signed: Richard Haydocke.
The title page is engraved.
Imprint from colophon; publisher's name from STC.
"The second booke of the actions, gestures, situation, decorum, motion, spirit, and grace of pictures" (caption title) has separate pagination and register.
Signatures: [par.]⁶ *⁶ A-K⁶, 2A-2R⁶ 2S⁸.
Entered to John Barnes and ass'd to Roger Jackson 16 October 1619.
Translator's dedication signed: Richard Haydocke.
The title page is engraved.
Imprint from colophon; publisher's name from STC.
"The second booke of the actions, gestures, situation, decorum, motion, spirit, and grace of pictures" (caption title) has separate pagination and register.
Signatures: [par.]⁶ *⁶ A-K⁶, 2A-2R⁶ 2S⁸.
Entered to John Barnes and ass'd to Roger Jackson 16 October 1619.
Folger-specific note
Curatorial file available for copy 2.
ESTC staff note
Signatures from DFo.
Cited/described in
Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) (STC), 16698
Madan, F. Oxford books, I, p. 46
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S111822
Madan, F. Oxford books, I, p. 46
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S111822
Genre/form
Annotations.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- Oxford.
Item Details
Call number
STC 16698 copy 1
Folger-specific note
HH136/4. Manuscript markings. Provenance: armorial bookplate of Philip Sydney, Earl of Leicester, dated 1704 (motto "quo fata vocant"); bought at Hodgson's sale, 19 April 1923:366; collated by E. Talbot at Quaritch, 24 April 1923; Harmsworth copy
Call number
STC 16698 copy 2
Folger-specific note
Smedley. T.p. partially detached. Leaf D6 misbound backwards. Provenance: bookplate of W.T. Smedley (motto "forward")
Call number
STC 16698 copy 3
Folger-specific note
cs223. Manuscript pencilled notes. T.p. backed. Leaf D1 repaired, affecting text. Leaves H3, H4 misbound H4, H3. Provenance: inscription on t.p.: "[?] Smith"; bought by Folger at Anderson sale, 9 February 1904:281