Il terzo libro di Sebastiano Serlio (Bolognese)
Book III
Contents: [I] recto, title page; II, privilege; III-IV, dedication; V-CLIII, text and illustrations, following the heading Cap. IIII; CLIV-CLV, note regarding Egyptian antiquities followed by note to readers; [CLVI], register, colophon and printer's device. Pages CXXXV and CLIII misnumbered as CXXXVIII and CLII, respectively.
Pagination: [I]-[CLVI]
Signatures: [A]2, B-V4
Artwork Details
- Title: Il terzo libro di Sebastiano Serlio (Bolognese)
- Author: Sebastiano Serlio (Italian, Bologna 1475–1554 Fontainebleau)
- Publisher: Francesco Marcolini da Forli (Italian, Forli ca. 1500–after 1559 Venice)
- Dedicatee: François I, King of France (French, Château de Cognac 1494–1547 Château de Rambouillet)
- Published in: Venice
- Date: 1540
- Medium: Printed book with woodcut illustrations on blue paper
- Dimensions: 15 11/16 x 10 5/8 x 13/16 in. (39.8 x 27 x 2 cm)
- Classifications: Books, Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: Bequest of W. Gedney Beatty, 1941
- Object Number: 41.100.135
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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