Advanced Search
Requires Photography
Delle vite de gli huomini illustri greci, et romani...Parte seconda (Lives of Famous Greek and Roman Men, Second Part)
Illustrated by: Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
Author: Plutarch
Printer: Vincenzo Valgrisi (Italian, active 1540–1572)
Author: Plutarch
Printer: Vincenzo Valgrisi (Italian, active 1540–1572)
1564
Place of Publication: Venice, Italy
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with 21 woodcuts
Dimensions
Overall: 21.5 x 16.8 x 3.8 cm (8 7/16 x 6 5/8 x 1 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession NumberKBR598
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Venice: Vincenzo Valgrisi, 1564
Catalogue Raisonné
British Museum, STC Italian, p. 529
Description(Venice: Vincenzo Valgrisi, 1564) Quarto; 308 leaves [vol. II only; see preceding no. for vol. I]; contemporary limp vellum, dark tan cloth box.
Illustrations: medallic portraits of subjects within elaborate decorative borders.
Illustrations: medallic portraits of subjects within elaborate decorative borders.
ProvenanceOld ownership inscriptions on title; Sylvester R. Koehler, Boston (1837-1900; first curator of prints, MFA), by whom given to MFA, October 20, 1898.