Shelfmark
Bp.22.07
Author
Title
Collection of engraved copies of sgraffito in Rome by Polidoro da Carravagio / drawn and engraved by Pietro Santi Bartoli.
Varying form of title
Spine title: Caldara, Rome 1600
Publication, distribution, etc.
[Rome : Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi, 16--?]
Physical description
8 engraved leaves of plates : ill. ; 21 x 54 cm.
Note
Text on first plate: Clarissimo et eruditissimo viro Io. Petro Bellorio. Polydori Carauagiensis insignia monocromata è meis typis prodeutia tibi dico clariss. et erudiss. vir, vt officiorum meorum, quibus arctissimè tibi deuinctus sum; queq[ue] mei typi ipsi eruditioni tuæ plurima debent, aliquas grates persoluam. Merto sanè præstantissimi artificis victurum opus nomine tuo inscribo; cum tu facundiæ tuæ coloribus, mutas picturæ artes vocales reddas; Pictorumque opera, et nomina tuis monumentis ab interitu vindices. Obsequetissimus ubique addictissimus Io. Iacob. de Rubeis.
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Eton College Library.
Binding
Late 19th or early 20th century half dark red goat; boards covered in dark red and brown mottled paper; gold tooled title on spine.
Copy-specific note
Spine title: Caldara, Rome 1600. Polidoro da Caravaggio was sometimes refered to as Polidoro Caldara, but the date is incorrect, and must be late 17th century.
Subject
Polidoro, ca. 1495 - ca. 1543 da Caravaggio,
Added entry--name
Rossi, Giovanni Giacomo de, 1627 - 1691 publisher.
Added entry--name
Added entry--place
Italy Rome.
Identifier
B29136