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Trattato della pittura di Lionardo da Vinci...giunti i tre libri della pittura, & il trattato della statua di Leon Battista Alberti
Designer: Nicolas Poussin (French (active in Rome), 1594–1665)
Drawing by: Charles Errard (French, 1606–1689)
Engraver: René Lochon (French, 1636–before 1675)
Author: Leonardo da Vinci (Italian, 1452–1519)
Author: Leon Battista Alberti (Italian, 1404–1472)
Editor: Rafaelle Trichet du Fresne (French, 1611–1661)
Publisher: Jacques Langlois (French, 1604–1678)
Drawing by: Charles Errard (French, 1606–1689)
Engraver: René Lochon (French, 1636–before 1675)
Author: Leonardo da Vinci (Italian, 1452–1519)
Author: Leon Battista Alberti (Italian, 1404–1472)
Editor: Rafaelle Trichet du Fresne (French, 1611–1661)
Publisher: Jacques Langlois (French, 1604–1678)
1651
Place of Publication: Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with numerous engravings
Dimensions
39.7 x 27.9 x 2.8 cm (15 5/8 x 11 x 1 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur E. Vershbow
Accession Number1976.836
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Paris: Jacques Langlois, 1651
Catalogue Raisonné
Brunet V, 1257; Cicognara 232
Description(Paris: Jacques Langlois, 1651) Folio; 111 leaves; contemporary gilt-stamped red morocco
Author portraits; diagrams, perspective renderings, and figural depictions. First edition of Leonardo's treatise and Alberti's on sculpture, published simultaneously with a French translation. The Alberti works have their own half-title and separate pagination, though apparently issued with the Leonardo at publication.
Author portraits; diagrams, perspective renderings, and figural depictions. First edition of Leonardo's treatise and Alberti's on sculpture, published simultaneously with a French translation. The Alberti works have their own half-title and separate pagination, though apparently issued with the Leonardo at publication.
ProvenanceOwnership[?] inscription on title; Mr. and Mrs. Arthur E. Vershbow, by whom given to MFA, December 1976.