De Re Militari, 1472

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Medium

bound volume with 100 hand-colored woodcut illustrations with pen and ink additions on p. 216 verso and p. 217 recto

Dimensions

book: 36.3 × 24 × 8 cm (14 5/16 × 9 7/16 × 3 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Purchased with Funds from an Anonymous Donor

Accession Number

2013.77.1

Artists / Makers

Matteo de' Pasti (artist) Italian, c. 1420 - 1467/1468

Italian 15th Century (artist)

Robertus Valturius (author) Italian, 1405 - 1475

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Inscription

on vellum fly leaf in brown in: F[?] Vieci / 1544 / [?] / [Latin and Italian inscritions follow that are not deciphered]; inside upper cover in blue pen: 75-46-15; in graphite: 5 H15847 / BM.C VII 948/241.HOH 262 B11 / (De bl. von angl. ex. effer blyantspag 252-262; 67.55 68, 72, 75, 92, 126, 131, 133; two sets of pagination marks in graphite throughout

Provenance

Flavia Vieci, 1544 (inscription on vellum flyleaf). Jacobus Paix (1594 Bohemian inscription on vellum flyleaf). John Howell, 1975; Arthur and Charlotte Vershbow (bookplate), Boston; (Christie's New York via Ursus Rare Books,sale 2706, 09-Apr-13, lot 331); Anonymous Donor; gift to NGA, 2013.

Associated Names

Ursus Books and Prints, Ltd.

Exhibition History

1976: Fact and Fantasy: Illustrated books from a private collection, Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, 1976, no. 1, 11.

Bibliography

1976: Becker, David P. Fact and Fantasy: Illustrated Books from a Private Collection. Cambridge: 1976, no. 1.