Le gemme antiche figurate di Leonardo Agostini alla santita di Alessandro VII. Parte prima. Secondna impressione. Di nuouo in miglior forma ordinata ad arricchita.
Leonardo Agostini (1593 - c.1670)
Category
Books
Date
1686
Materials
Place of origin
Rome
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3031640
Summary
Bibliographic description
2 v. (52 p., [2], 115 leaves of plates; [8] 75, [1] p., 151 leaves of plates) : ill., ports. ; 4to. Running number: 6119. Issue with "Seconda" printed correctly in edition statement and "Brussotti" in imprint on pt. 1 title page. Provenance: manuscript capital letter at head of front fly-leaf in both parts: "A". Manuscript number at head of additional engraved title page in pt. 1: "45". Binding: seventeenth-century full plain parchment over boards; sewn onto five sewing supports; manuscript title on spines: "Agostini Gemme Antiche Par. I[-II].". Strips of manuscript waste containing musical notation line the spines, visible beneath the pastedowns in both vols. Blue stained edges.
Makers and roles
Leonardo Agostini (1593 - c.1670), author Giovanni Pietro Bellori (1613 - Rome 1696), author Giovanni Battista Martinelli (fl.17th century), writer Giovanni Battista Galestruzzi (1615-1669), engraver (printmaker)