Le vite de' più eccellenti pittori, scultori et architetti / di Giorgio Vasari, pittore, & architetto Aretino ; parte prima e seconda[-parte terza].

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The classic, influential collection of biographies of Italian Renaissance artists, including Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and many others. Each biography is accompanied by a woodcut portrait.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Vite de' più eccellenti pittori, scultori et architettori
Main Author: Vasari, Giorgio, 1511-1574 (Author)
Corporate Authors: Heredi di Evangelista Dozza (Printer)
Fuerstlich Auerspergsche Fideicommisbibliothek zu Laybach (Former owner)
Other Authors: Manolessi, Carlo, active 1659 (Writer of preface)
Auersperg, Wolf Engelbert von, 1610-1673‏ (Former owner)
Language:Italian
Published: In Bologna : Presso gli heredi di Euangelista Dozza, MDCXLVII [1647]
Edition:In questa nuoua edizione diligentemente riuiste, ricorrette, accresciute d'alcuni ritratti, & arricchite di postille nel margine.
Subjects:
Artists > Italy.
Art > Italy > History.
Art, Italian > Early works to 1800.
Vellum bindings (Binding)
Genre:
Early works to 1800.
Vellum bindings (Binding)
Ownership and Custodial History:
Ownership inscription of Wolf Engelbert von Auersperg, a lord of Turjak in Slovenia, on each title page: Wolffg. Engelb. S.R.I. Com. ab Aursperg Sup. Cap. Carn. ... anno 1656.
Late 19th- or early 20th-century bookplate of the Fuerstlich Auerspergsche Fideicommisbibliothek zu Laybach on each front paste-down, with shelf-marks added by hand.
A few pencilled notes on the endpapers, including consecutive numbering 2097-2099 in each volume (with matching numbering on spine labels).
Bookseller's description transferred to MSS466 2 folder 26.
Local Note:
MSU: Funding provided by Betty Koch, in memory of Henry Koch.
Binding Information:
Contemporary vellum completely covered in cream paper; green ribbon ties; titles inked on the spines.
Physical Description:3 volumes : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm (4to)
Variant Title:
Delle vite de' più eccellenti pittori, scultori et architetti
Format: Book
Description
Summary:
The classic, influential collection of biographies of Italian Renaissance artists, including Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and many others. Each biography is accompanied by a woodcut portrait.
Note:First published in 1550 as: Vite de' più eccellenti architetti, pittori et scultori italiani.
Parts 1 and 2 in 1 v.; pt. 3 in 2 vols.
Part 2 has caption title only; pt. 3, v. 1-2 have title: Delle vite de' più eccellenti pittori, scultori et architetti.
Date precedes printer statement on title page.
Preface by Carlo Manolessi.
Engraved title page at front of each volume; head- and tail-pieces; initials; printed marginal notes.
Includes index at front of each volume.
Call Number:N6922 .V2 1647
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Source of Acquisition:
Hill Country Books; Purchase; 2016. MiEM
Place of Publication:Italy -- Bologna.