The first booke of architecture, made by Sebastian Serly, entreating of geometrie. Translated out of Italian into Dutch, and out of Dutch into English.
1611
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Title
The first booke of architecture, made by Sebastian Serly, entreating of geometrie. Translated out of Italian into Dutch, and out of Dutch into English.
Uniform title
Tutte l'opere d'architettura. English
Created/published
London : Printed [by Simon Stafford and Thomas Snodham] for Robert Peake, and are to be sold at his shop neere Holborne conduit, next to the Sunne Tauerne, Anno Dom. 1611.
Description
[3], 13, [1]; 26, [1]; [1], 73; 71, [1]; 16 leaves : ill. (woodcuts) ; (fol.)
Note
A translation of: Tutte l'opere d'architettura.
Translator's dedication signed: Robert Peake.
Colophon, last leaf recto, reads "Printed at London, by Simon Stafford. 1611.".
Books 2-5 each have separate title page, foliation, and register. The title page to book 2 is printed on ¹H2.
The woodcuts for the title-page borders and illustrations were first used in the Antwerp edition of 1553. They were later used in the 1606 edition in Dutch printed in Amsterdam by C. Claeszoon, who also printed them on sheets otherwise blank and shipped them to Basel, where letterpress in German was overprinted in 1608, and to London for the present edition. Thomas Snodham printed only the bifolium following the first title page (STC addendum).
Book 2 A1 is cancelled.
Signatures: Book 1: pi²(-pi1) [A]² B-H²(-H2). Book 2: [A]²(-A1) B-N², ²N². Book 3: A-O² P-2B⁴ 2C². Book 4: A-S⁴. Book 5: A-D⁴.
Variant: "Printed for Robert Peake" blacked out on one or more of the title pages to books 1, 2, 4, or 5 (book 3 lacks imprint).
Translator's dedication signed: Robert Peake.
Colophon, last leaf recto, reads "Printed at London, by Simon Stafford. 1611.".
Books 2-5 each have separate title page, foliation, and register. The title page to book 2 is printed on ¹H2.
The woodcuts for the title-page borders and illustrations were first used in the Antwerp edition of 1553. They were later used in the 1606 edition in Dutch printed in Amsterdam by C. Claeszoon, who also printed them on sheets otherwise blank and shipped them to Basel, where letterpress in German was overprinted in 1608, and to London for the present edition. Thomas Snodham printed only the bifolium following the first title page (STC addendum).
Book 2 A1 is cancelled.
Signatures: Book 1: pi²(-pi1) [A]² B-H²(-H2). Book 2: [A]²(-A1) B-N², ²N². Book 3: A-O² P-2B⁴ 2C². Book 4: A-S⁴. Book 5: A-D⁴.
Variant: "Printed for Robert Peake" blacked out on one or more of the title pages to books 1, 2, 4, or 5 (book 3 lacks imprint).
Folger-specific note
Curatorial file available.
ESTC staff note
Backlog: RB.31.c.313; 957 950415d.
Signatures from DFo. DFONOTE blg pag.: [3], 13; [1], 26, [1]; [1], 73; 71, [1]; 16 leaves ... ; title page for Book 2 is *not* printed on ¹H2 but on ²A1 -- ¹H2 is cancelled (stub is visible in DFo copy) ; Book 2, ²N2 is blank ; text is black letter.
Signatures from DFo. DFONOTE blg pag.: [3], 13; [1], 26, [1]; [1], 73; 71, [1]; 16 leaves ... ; title page for Book 2 is *not* printed on ¹H2 but on ²A1 -- ¹H2 is cancelled (stub is visible in DFo copy) ; Book 2, ²N2 is blank ; text is black letter.
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2005. Consuming Splendor.
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), 22235
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S117091
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S117091
Genre/form
Annotations.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
Call number
STC 22235
Folger-specific note
11/21/42. Variant. Book 2, leaves H1,2 transposed; book 4 gathering G misbound 1,3,2,4; book 5 gatherings A, B misbound 1,3,2,4; book 5 leaf D2 possibly a cancel. Manuscript note on last leaf recto: "Westminster Hall / 270 foote long / 74 foote broad"; paper repair to book 1, gathering B. Bound in parchment. Provenance: inscribed on book 2 leaf G2r: "Thomas Masters his Boock"; Folger purchase from Herbert Reichner, 16 Nov. 1943 (Folger files)