print;
illustrated book
- Museum number
- 1947,0721.3
- Description
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Sebastiano Serlio, "Sebastiani Serlii Bononiensis De architectura libri quinque, quibus cuncta fere architectonicae facultatis mysteria docte, perspicue, uberrimeque explicantur : Necnon extraordinarius quinquaginta portarum libellus in operis calce adiunctus hic demum conspicitur / a Ioanne Carolo Saraceno ex Italica in Latinam linguam nunc primum translati atque conversi. In quibus, praeter orationis perpetuam continuatamque seriem et propriae aedificiorum mensurae, et consentaneae quoque structurarum omnium designationes perquam eleganter insertae accomodataque fuerunt" (Venice, de' Franceschi & Chriegher) 1568-69; a treatise in Latin on architecture divided in five books, bound together with the 6th book (Venice, 'de Franceschi) 1619, including: a title page with the printer's mark; a preface; a dedication to King Francis I; title-pages for book five and book four showing an architectural framework; a had-written title-page for book six; several woodcut illustrations of different sizes, showing diagrams; theatrical set designs; sections, elevations and floor-plans of buildings; architectural ornaments; doorways; etc.; a list of corrections; with historiated initials. Bound in a half-leather orange binding.
Woodcut
- Production date
- 1568 - 1619
- Dimensions
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Height: 305 millimetres (approx. sheet size of each page)
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Width: 210 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- Two tipped-in pages at the start, hand-written in French: a comparison of this copy withan earlier copy written in Italian, which includes also books 6 and book 7; a short biography of the author.
Cataloguing supported by the Elizabeth Cayzer Charitable Trust
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Sebastiani Serlii Bononiensis De architectura libri quinque
- Acquisition date
- 1947
- Acquisition notes
- Registered as purchased from Eric Brundell
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1947,0721.3
