Il terzo libro di Sebastiano Serlio (Bolognese)

Sebastiano Serlio|Francesco Marcolini da Forli|François I, King of France

1540 · Printed book with woodcut illustrations on blue paper · Drawings and Prints

Half bound medium brown full calf with tan and brown printed paper over boards. 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

Artist: Sebastiano Serlio|Francesco Marcolini da Forli|François I, King of France
Date: 1540
Medium: Printed book with woodcut illustrations on blue paper
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Bequest of W. Gedney Beatty, 1941

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