De excellentia, et nobilitate delineationis libri duo : quorum priore delineationis methodus accuratè auidis iuuenibus traditur addiscendus; & ad pictur[ae] aequè ac sculpturae perfectionem vt & omnium cognitionem artium quae delineationis subsidio fulciri assolent, aditus omnis facili negotio norma mirabili patefactus commonstratur : accesserunt quamplurima non contemnendi nominis tam vetusti temporis, quàm recentis memoriae pictorum paradigmata, & exempla ...

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Title

Subject

Anatomy; Drawing Books; Drawing, Italian

Description

Number of Plates includes etched title page. 14 of the plates are etchings, 13 are engravings. Bound with 'Camei, triumphi, ornamenta'. 'De Excellentia' is also printed as 'Della nobiltà del disegno, diviso in due libri', an Italian edition

Creator

Palma il Giovane; Giacomo Franco

Source

New York Public Library: Spencer Coll. Ital. 1611 12-230

Date

1611

Format

Medium: Engraving/Etching

Number of Plates: 27

Physical Dimensions: 33.2 x 24.2 x 0.9 cm

Language

Latin

Identifier

MBPC: E0011

Coverage

Venice

Citation

Palma il Giovane; Giacomo Franco, “De excellentia, et nobilitate delineationis libri duo : quorum priore delineationis methodus accuratè auidis iuuenibus traditur addiscendus; & ad pictur[ae] aequè ac sculpturae perfectionem vt & omnium cognitionem artium quae delineationis subsidio fulciri assolent, aditus omnis facili negotio norma mirabili patefactus commonstratur : accesserunt quamplurima non contemnendi nominis tam vetusti temporis, quàm recentis memoriae pictorum paradigmata, & exempla ...,” Books of Prints Cataloguing Project, accessed April 19, 2024, https://booksofprints.omeka.net/items/show/435.