I Commentari di C. Giulio Cesare

1575

Andrea Palladio (editor and illustrator) and Julius Caesar (author)

Associated Names
Andrea Palladio

Artist, Italian, 1508 - 1580

Julius Caesar

Author, Roman, 100 - 44 BC

Pietro de Franceschini

Publisher, Italian, active late 16th century

This is a photograph of a historical book page featuring a title and description in Latin attributed to Giulio Cesare. The Venetian publisher Pietro de Franceschi is mentioned, along with references to Andrea Palladio. The page showcases a shield-like crest surrounded by ornamental designs and figures. The layout and typography reflect the printing style of the late Renaissance or Baroque period, combining Latin and Italian text in a structured manner.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    bound volume with forty-two double-page engraved illustrations on laid paper, engraved headpieces, tailpieces and letters throughout

  • Credit Line

    William B. O'Neal Fund

  • Dimensions

    book: 20.5 × 16.3 × 3.4 cm (8 1/16 × 6 7/16 × 1 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.78.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Fowler 1961, no. 237

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Libreria Antiquaria Mediolanum, Milan); purchased 2018 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1961

  • Fowler, John, and Elizabeth Baer. The Fowler architectural collection of the Johns Hopkins University. Baltimore, 1961: no. 237

Inscriptions

title written in brown ink on spine; in brown ink on titlepage: n: 6; in graphite inside lower cover by later hand: 24cc; 408pp, 42 tavv / a doppia p. pt / coll comp B

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