Main entry:

Alberti, Leon Battista, 1404-1472.

Title & Author:

De pictvra : praestantissima, et nvmqvam satis laudata arte ; libri tres / absolutissimi, Leonis Baptistae de Albertis uiri in omni scientiarum genere, & præcipue mathematicarum disciplinarum doctissimi.

Edition:

Iam primum in lucem editi.

Publication:

Basileæ : [publisher not identified], anno M.D. XL. mense Avgvsto.

Description:

120, [8] pages ; 16 cm (8°)

Notes:
Edited by Thomas Venatorius.
Includes index on final 8 pages.
Misnumbered pages: 29 as 32, 32 as 29, 35 as 32, 54 as 22, 55 as 19, 72 as 27, 96 as 94, 97 as 93, 98 as 90, 104 as 94. Some numbers poorly impressed and may also be incorrect. Text on p. [126] and [127] reversed.
Printed by B. Westheimer (T. Besterman); Barth. Westhemer (Adams).
Printer's device on p. [128] verso.
Signatures: a-h⁸.
Copies exist with errors on the title page which were corrected in later impressions: 'De pictvra praestantissimae artis et nunquam satis laudatae; libri tres ... '.
Grayson, C. (ed.) De pictura, 1975
Adams, A493

Subject:

Painting Early works to 1800.
Peinture Ouvrages avant 1800.
Painting.

Form/genre:

Vellum (parchment) bindings.
Limp bindings.
Renaissance architectural treatises.
Early works.

Added entries:

Westheimer, Bartholomeus, 1504-approximately 1570, printer.
De pictvra praestantissimae artis et nunquam satis laudatae; libri tres.
Switzerland Basel.

De pictura

Holdings:

Location: Library cage y trissino 182074
Call No.: NA44.A334 (ID:85-B18216)
Status: Available