Shelfmark
Ap.01
Author
Title
Imagines veteris ac Novi Testamenti a Raphaele Sanctio Urbinate in Vaticani palatii xystis mira picturae elegantia expressae Jo. Jacobi de Rubeis cura, ac sumptibus, delineate, incisa typis editae.
Varying form of title
Spine title: Raphael's Bible
Publication, distribution, etc.
[Rome : Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi], 1674.
Physical description
[2], 54 leaves : ill. ; 37 x 47 cm.
Note
Thirty-six of the plates are engraved by Cesare Fantetti, the remainder by Pietro Aquila.
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Eton College School Library, recording donation by Rev. H. J. Christie, December 1929.
Provenance
Inscription on front pastedown: This book belonged to Sir F. Chantry, R.A., who bequeathed to the nation the Chantry bequest [sic].
Binding
19th century half brown leather; marbled paper covering boards; new endpapers.
Copy-specific note
Copy imperfect: lacks t.p., dedication, and final two plates.
Copy-specific note
Bound with an engraved portrait of Raphael, drawn by Giovanni Domenico Campiglia, and engraved by G. M. Praester.
Subject
Subject
Bible Illustrations.
Subject
Mural painting and decoration, Renaissance Vatican City.
Subject
Loggia di Raffaello (Vatican Palace, Vatican City)
Added entry--name
Rossi, Giovanni Giacomo de, 1627 - 1691 publisher.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Christie, Henry James former owner.
Added entry--name
Chantrey, Francis, 1781 - 1841 Sir, former owner.
Added entry--name
Eton College School Library former owner.
Added entry--place
Italy Rome
Identifier
B29317