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De origine et amplitudine civitatis Veronæ (The Origin and Growth of the Town of Verona)
Illustrated by: Giovanni Caroto (Italian, 1488–not after 1566)
Author: Torello Sarayno (Italian, 16th century)
Printer: Antonio Putelleto (Italian, 16th century)
Author: Torello Sarayno (Italian, 16th century)
Printer: Antonio Putelleto (Italian, 16th century)
1540
Place of Publication: Verona, Italy
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with thirty woodcuts
Dimensions
Overall: 31.4 x 22 x 2.3 cm (12 3/8 x 8 11/16 x 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William A. Sargent Fund
Accession Number48.301
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Verona: Antonio Putelleto, 1540
Catalogue Raisonné
Sander 6738; Brunet V, 139; Fowler 289; Mortimer, Italian, 462; British Museum, STC Italian, p. 609
Description(Verona: Antonio Putelleto, 1540) Folio; 70 leaves (many folding); eighteenth-century gilt-stamped brown calf.
Illustrations: author's portrait (title verso); plans, elevations, and architectural details of antiquities in Verona, including large view of ampitheater (before fol. 15); double-page map of Verona (pp. 40-41).
Illustrations: author's portrait (title verso); plans, elevations, and architectural details of antiquities in Verona, including large view of ampitheater (before fol. 15); double-page map of Verona (pp. 40-41).
ProvenanceMazarine Library (stamp on title, with duplicate stamp); John Burns (inscr. facing title with date Oct 9 1917); Pierre Berès, Inc., New York, from whom purchased by MFA, April 8, 1948.