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Six essays on painting and sculpture

DONI, Anton Francesco.
Disegno partito in piu ragionamenti, ne quali si tratta della scoltura et pittura; de colori, de getti, de modegli, con molte cose appartenenti a quest'arti: & si termina la no bilta dell'una et dell'altra professione, con historie, essempi, et sentenze.& nel fine alcune lettere che trattano della medesima materia.

Large woodcut printer's device on title and other woodcut printer's device on verso last leaf, many woodcut initials.



Venice, Gabriel Giolitodi Ferrari, 1549. Small 8vo. Contemporary overlapping vellum red morocco and green morocco title-labels on spine. Large woodcut printer's device on title and other woodcut printer's device on verso last leaf, many woodcut initials. 64 leaves.

Nice work containing six essays on painting and sculpture by the many-sided Italian writer Anton Francesco Doni. The essays are preceded by a list of painters and sculptors he discusses in this book and after the essays some letters to Italian painters, sculptors and other notable persons are recorded. In the extensive index which conludes this work, the varying subjects which are discussed are mentioned.
Anton Francesco Doni (ca. 1513-1574) was a well known writer of his time who wrote many works in different genres as prose, poetry, comedy, letters and dialogues on varying subjects.

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Ricottini Marsili-Libelli, C., Anton Francesco Doni. Scrittore e stampatore. Bibliografia delle opere e della critica e annali tipografici (Florence, 1960), 19; Besterman, Th., Old art books (London, 1975), p. 31; STC Italian, p. 225.

Related Subjects: 16th Century  Art  Italy  Painting & Drawing 

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