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I dieci libri dell'architettura (The Ten Books of Architecture)
Author: Vitruvius Pollio
Illustrated by: Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
Illustrated by: Andrea Palladio (Italian, 1508–1580)
Attributed to: Giuseppe Salviati (Italian, about 1520–about 1575)
Printer: Francesco Marcolini (Italian, about 1500–about 1559)
Illustrated by: Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
Illustrated by: Andrea Palladio (Italian, 1508–1580)
Attributed to: Giuseppe Salviati (Italian, about 1520–about 1575)
Printer: Francesco Marcolini (Italian, about 1500–about 1559)
1556
Place of Publication: Venice, Italy
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with 131 woodcuts
Dimensions
Overall: 41.8 x 28.5 x 3.7 cm (16 7/16 x 11 1/4 x 1 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Samuel and Dorothy Glaser
Accession Number1979.652
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsPrints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Venice: Francesco Marcolini, 1556
Catalogue Raisonné
Mortimer, Italian, 547; Fowler 407; Berlin 964
Description(Venice: Francesco Marcolini, 1556) Folio; 151 leaves; mottled brown calf, gilt-stamped (repaired).
First edition of Daniello Barbaro's translation. See Mortimer for detailed list of variants in printing and illustrations. Of interest is the fact that the MFA copy does have the inserted "pointer" on fol. Q2v, lacking in many copies.
Barbaro states at the end of book 1 that the "designs of the more important illustrations are the work of Andrea Palladio" (Mortimer). The design of several illustrations has been attributed to Giuseppe Salviati, but see Mortimer for discussion.
Selected illustrations: two men (one possibly the translator, Daniello Barbaro) among architectural ruins (fol. A2v); double-page illustration of facade (L6v-L7r); two theater plans with working volvelles (V2v, V3r); many further architectural plans, sections, and views.
First edition of Daniello Barbaro's translation. See Mortimer for detailed list of variants in printing and illustrations. Of interest is the fact that the MFA copy does have the inserted "pointer" on fol. Q2v, lacking in many copies.
Barbaro states at the end of book 1 that the "designs of the more important illustrations are the work of Andrea Palladio" (Mortimer). The design of several illustrations has been attributed to Giuseppe Salviati, but see Mortimer for discussion.
Selected illustrations: two men (one possibly the translator, Daniello Barbaro) among architectural ruins (fol. A2v); double-page illustration of facade (L6v-L7r); two theater plans with working volvelles (V2v, V3r); many further architectural plans, sections, and views.
ProvenanceRose Lynn [McQueary?--inscription]; Samuel and Dorothy Glaser, Boston, by whom given to MFA, December 19, 1979.