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Le vite de' piu eccellenti pittori, scultori, e architettori / scritte da m. Giorgio Vasari pittore et architetto aretino.

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Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection N6922 .V37 1568
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Vasari, Giorgio, 1511-1574, author.
Contributor:
Kowell Family Art History Fund.
Haeredes Bernardi Iuntae, printer.
Standardized Title:
Vite de' più eccellenti architetti, pittori et scultori italiani
Language:
Italian
Subjects (All):
Italy.
Art, Italian--Early works to 1800.
Art, Italian.
Artists--Italy--Portraits--Early works to 1800.
Artists.
Artists--Italy--Biography--Early works to 1800.
Art--Italy--History.
Art.
Genre:
Biographies.
Early works.
History.
Portraits.
Woodcuts.
Penn Provenance:
Schulz, Eb (former owner)
Physical Description:
3 volumes : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm (4to)
Edition:
Di nuouo dal medesimo riuiste et ampliate con i ritratti loro et con l'aggiunta delle vite de' viui, & de' morti dall'anno 1550 insino al 1567.
Other Title:
VITE DE' PIV ECCELLENTI PITTORI, SCVLTORI, ED ARCHITETTORI
Place of Publication:
In Fiorenza : Appresso i Giunti, 1568
Notes:
Parts 1 and 2 in 1 volume; pt. 3 in 2.
Volume 1: [56], 529 [i.e. 523, 1] pages; volume 2: [40], 370, [2] pages; volume 3: [84], 371-1012 [i.e. 1004, 6] pages.
Part 2 has no title page; titles of the 2 volumes of pt. 3 read: Delle vite de' piv eccelenti pittori ... ; subtitle of 2nd volume of pt. 3: Secondo, et vltimo volume delle terza parte. Nel quale si comprendano le nuoue vite, dall'anno 1550 al 1567. Con vna breue memoria de tutti i piu ingegnosi artefici che fioriscano al presente nell'Academia del disegno in Fiorenza, et per tutta Italia, et Europa, & delle piu importanti opere loro. Et con vna descrizione degl'artefici antichi, greci & latini, & delle piu notabili memorie di quella età, tratta da i piu famosi scrittori.
Signatures: A-B⁴, [dagger]⁴-5[dagger]⁴ A-3T⁴ 3V²; *⁴-5*⁴ a-2z⁴ 3a²; A² [flower]⁴-5[flower]⁴ a-e⁴ 3a⁴( -3a1) 3b-4q⁴ 4r² 4s-6h⁴.
Titles within ornamental borders, initials, head- and tail-pieces, printer's device at end of v. 2 and 3. Woodcut of Last Judgment on verso of v. 1 title page.
Name of Girolamo Genga on portrait (v. 3, p. 503) corrected by printed label. Portrait in v. 1, p. 166, 193, 200, 203, and 232, v. 2, p. 16, 51, and 227 not printed.
Includes indexes.
Local Notes:
N6922 V37 1568: Price code(?) on front inner cover in early hand. Ink manuscript inscription 'EB Schulz' on front endleaf. Parchment binding.
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Kowell Family Art History Fund.
Cited in:
Catalogo ragionato dei libri d'arte e d'antichità posseduti dal conte Cicognara, 2391
Mortimer, R. Italian 16th cent., 515
EDIT 16 (online) CNCE 48229
BM STC Italian, 1465-1600, p. 712
Harvard College Library. Catalogue of books and manuscripts. Italian 16th century books, 515
EDIT 16, CNCE 48229
Short-title catalogue of books printed in Italy and of Italian books printed in other countries from 1465 to 1600 now in the British Museum, p. 712
Other Format:
Online version: Vasari, Giorgio, 1511-1574. Vite de' piu eccellenti pittori, scultori, et architettori. Vite de' piv eccellenti pittori, scvltori, et architettori.
OCLC:
9869926

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