L'idea della architettura vniuersale, di Vincenzo Scamozzi architetto Veneto diuisa in X. libri. ...
Vincenzo Scamozzi (1552-1616)
Category
Books
Date
1615
Materials
Place of origin
Venice
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3076839
Summary
Bibliographic description
2 v. : ill., plans ; fol. Running number: 7467. Water damage and staining throughout both vols. Provenance: manuscript inscriptions on vol. 1 front fly-leaf: "M. 2 vol." [i.e. catalogue code of John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742)] and (in pencil) "SSSSSuf" [Suffield?]. Manuscript prices on verso of front free endpaper in vol. 1: "2 vol S-" (in pencil) and "3:3:0" (in ink), with another price in pencil erased. Binding: seventeenth-century full mottle calf (rubbed); sewn on six raised bands; gold-tooled spines; gilt title on brown goatskin label and gilt vol. number on black goatskin label on spines. Red burnished textblock edges. French curl on comb pattern marbled endpapers.
Makers and roles
Vincenzo Scamozzi (1552-1616), author Titian (Pieve di Cadore 1488/90 - Venice 1576), artist and engraver