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Le sorti intitolate giardino di pensieri
Woodcuts by: Giuseppe Salviati (Italian, about 1520–about 1575)
Copied after: Francesco Salviati (Italian, 1510–1563)
Copied after: Marco Dente da Ravenna (Italian, about 1493–1527)
Author: Francesco Marcolini (Italian, about 1500–about 1559)
Printer: Francesco Marcolini (Italian, about 1500–about 1559)
Copied after: Francesco Salviati (Italian, 1510–1563)
Copied after: Marco Dente da Ravenna (Italian, about 1493–1527)
Author: Francesco Marcolini (Italian, about 1500–about 1559)
Printer: Francesco Marcolini (Italian, about 1500–about 1559)
1540
Place of Publication: Venice, Italy
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with 100 woodcuts
Dimensions
Overall: 32.8 x 23.8 x 2.8 cm (12 15/16 x 9 3/8 x 1 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Philip Hofer in honor of Henry P. Rossiter
Accession Number54.55
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Venice: Francesco Marcolini, 1540
Catalogue Raisonné
Sander 4231; Brunet III, 1407-08; Mortimer, Italian, 279
Description(Venice: Francesco Marcolini, 1540) Folio; 104 leaves; nineteenth-century gilt-stamped brown calf.
Illustrations: allegorical frontispiece by Salviati (title); author portrait (title verso); woodcuts representing abstract virtues and vices, and portraits of philosophers.
Illustrations: allegorical frontispiece by Salviati (title); author portrait (title verso); woodcuts representing abstract virtues and vices, and portraits of philosophers.
ProvenanceJoseph Gulston, Middlesex, England (1745-1786); [Ashburnham Collection, according to Dyson Perrins catalogue]; Charles William Dyson Perrins (1864-1958; his catalogue 259); Philip Hofer, Cambridge, MA (1898-1984), by whom given to MFA, February 11, 1954.