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Diuina proportione
De divina proportione
Diuina proportione
Illustrated by: Leonardo da Vinci (Italian, 1452–1519)
Illustrated by: Piero della Francesca (Italian, born about 1415–died in 1492)
Author: Luca Pacioli (Italian, died about 1514)
Printer: Alessandro Paganini (Italian, active 1509–1538)
Printer: Paganino Paganini (Italian, 16th century)
Illustrated by: Piero della Francesca (Italian, born about 1415–died in 1492)
Author: Luca Pacioli (Italian, died about 1514)
Printer: Alessandro Paganini (Italian, active 1509–1538)
Printer: Paganino Paganini (Italian, 16th century)
1509
Place of Publication: Venice, Italy
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with 88 woodcuts and numerous diagrams
Dimensions
Overall: 29.5 x 21 x 3.2 cm (11 5/8 x 8 1/4 x 1 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William A. Sargent Fund
Accession Number46.1195
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Venice: Paganino Paganini, 1509
Catalogue Raisonné
Essling 1645; Sander 5365/6; Mortimer, Italian, 346
Description(Venice: Paganino Paganini, 1509) Quarto; 154 leaves; old limp vellum, light brown cloth box.
Illustrations: alphabet of roman capitals (after first section of text); proportional profile of head (bound betw. letters O and P); geometric forms shown solid and open (after second section of text); architectural columns and gateway (betw. pl. XIII and XIV of geometric subjs.); genealogical "tree of proportion" (last folio)
Illustrations: alphabet of roman capitals (after first section of text); proportional profile of head (bound betw. letters O and P); geometric forms shown solid and open (after second section of text); architectural columns and gateway (betw. pl. XIII and XIV of geometric subjs.); genealogical "tree of proportion" (last folio)
ProvenanceOld ownership inscription (effaced) on title; William H. Schab, New York, from whom purchased by MFA, November 14, 1946.