L'Architettura di Leonbatista Alberti Tradotta in Lingua Fiorentina da Cosimo Bartoli, Gentilhuomo, & Accedemico Fiorentino. Con la aggiunta de' Disegni
published 1565
Author, Florentine, 1404 - 1472
Artwork overview
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Medium
1 vol: ill: 90 woodcuts (including vignettes and tailpieces), plus title page and portrait of Alberti (unsigned)
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
page size: 22.4 x 16 cm (8 13/16 x 6 5/16 in.)
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Accession
1983.49.3
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Mark J. Millard, New York; purchased by NGA, 1983.
Associated Names
Bibliography
2000
Pollak et al. 2000, no. 7
Inscriptions
by later (contemporary) hand, frontispiece, lower center in brown ink: Leon Batta Alberti Antico scritor d'architt.a / Vivea nel anno 1457 fu primo de Bramante / la su architett.a e stata ristampata due volte; same page, upper center in brown ink: 1450; by later (modern) hand, on end papers, upper right in brown pencil: $300.00 / CCD
Watermarks
on front end paper, fleur-de-lis in circle