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Corona delle nobili et virtuose donne libro primo [-terzo]
Author: Cesare Vecellio (Italian, 1521–1601)
Illustrated by: Cesare Vecellio (Italian, 1521–1601)
Printer and Publisher: Cesare Vecellio (Italian, 1521–1601)
Illustrated by: Cesare Vecellio (Italian, 1521–1601)
Printer and Publisher: Cesare Vecellio (Italian, 1521–1601)
1591
Place of Publication: Venice, Italy
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with 79 woodcuts
Dimensions
Overall: 14 x 20.8 x 1.6 cm (5 1/2 x 8 3/16 x 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
William A. Sargent Fund
Accession Number42.495
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CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Venice: Cesare Vecellio, 1591
Catalogue Raisonné
Brunet V, 1105; Mortimer, Italian, under 520; Berlin 1634; Lotz 116c, 117c, 118a
Description(Venice: Cesare Vecellio, 1591) Oblong quarto; 84 [of 88] leaves; nineteenth-century gilt-stamped red morocco (red cloth box).
Illustrations of lace patterns. Issued in three parts: this copy contains the third issue of the first two parts, and the first issue of the third part. This copy lacks the last signature (Hhh).
Illustrations of lace patterns. Issued in three parts: this copy contains the third issue of the first two parts, and the first issue of the third part. This copy lacks the last signature (Hhh).
ProvenanceMid-19th century, Isabella Katherine Dennistoun (b. 1808 - d. 1864), Edinburgh [see note]. 1942, sold by Otto H. Ranschburg (dealer), New York, to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 12, 1942)
NOTE: Inscribed with her name and address, 119 George Street, Edinburgh; and see Mrs. Bury Palliser, A History of Lace, 2d ed. (London, 1869), p. 420, where Mrs. Dennistoun's book is erroneously said to date to 1561. She married James Dennistoun in 1835 and they lived at George Street from 1847. Beginning in 1836, James Dennistoun traveled to Italy where he acquired a collection of medieval and Renaissance art.
NOTE: Inscribed with her name and address, 119 George Street, Edinburgh; and see Mrs. Bury Palliser, A History of Lace, 2d ed. (London, 1869), p. 420, where Mrs. Dennistoun's book is erroneously said to date to 1561. She married James Dennistoun in 1835 and they lived at George Street from 1847. Beginning in 1836, James Dennistoun traveled to Italy where he acquired a collection of medieval and Renaissance art.