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I marmi
Illustrated by: Giuseppe Salviati (Italian, about 1520–about 1575)
Illustrated by: Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
Author: Antonio Francesco Doni (Italian, 1513–1574)
Printer: Francesco Marcolini (Italian, about 1500–about 1559)
Illustrated by: Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
Author: Antonio Francesco Doni (Italian, 1513–1574)
Printer: Francesco Marcolini (Italian, about 1500–about 1559)
1552–53
Place of Publication: Venice, Italy
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with 44 woodcuts
Dimensions
Overall: 20.9 x 16 x 4 cm (8 1/4 x 6 5/16 x 1 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur E. Vershbow
Accession Number66.1067
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Venice: Francesco Marcolini, 1552-1553
Catalogue Raisonné
Brunet II, 813; Mortimer, Italian, 165
Description(Venice: Francesco Marcolini, 1552-1553) Quarto; 276 leaves [four parts in one vol.]; contemporary vellum boards, dark red cloth box.
Selected illustrations: Figure of Time (Pt. 1, p. 58); Dante, Petrarch and Boccaccio in conversation (Pt. 2, p. 104); portrait of Pietro Aretino (Pt. 4, p. 13); portrait of Marcolini (Pt. 4, p. 15); Jester on a crayfish (Pt. 4, p. 19)
Selected illustrations: Figure of Time (Pt. 1, p. 58); Dante, Petrarch and Boccaccio in conversation (Pt. 2, p. 104); portrait of Pietro Aretino (Pt. 4, p. 13); portrait of Marcolini (Pt. 4, p. 15); Jester on a crayfish (Pt. 4, p. 19)
ProvenanceArthur Lauria, bookseller, Paris; Mr. and Mrs. Arthur E. Vershbow; 1966, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur E. Vershbow to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 14, 1966)