De artificiali perspectiva
Jean Pélerin
(French, died in 1524)
Jean Pélerin
(French, died in 1524)
Gabriel Salmon
(French, active 1504–1542)
Jacquemin Woeiriot
(French, 16th century)
Pierre Jacob
(French, 16th century)
1505
Place of PublicationToul, France
Medium/TechniqueIllustrated book with numerous woodcuts and diagrams
DimensionsOverall: 31.2 x 21.7 x 1.8 cm (12 5/16 x 8 9/16 x 11/16 in.)
Credit LineFund in memory of Horatio Greenough Curtis
Accession number35.54
On View
Not on viewClassificationsIllustrated books
Collections
Toul: Pierre Jacobi, 1505
ProvenanceUnknown owner, inventory no. 8293 [see note 1]. Léon de Laborde (b. 1807 – d. 1869), Paris [see note 2]. Ambroise Firmin-Didot (b. 1790 – d. 1876), Paris; May 29, 1879, posthumous Firmin-Didot sale, Labitte et Delestre, Paris, lot 284, to Bernard Quaritch (dealer), London, who owned it until at least 1897 [see note 3]. Comtesse de la Baume Pluvinel; April 24, 1934, Baume Pluvinel sale, Hotel Drouot, Paris, lot 119. 1935, sold by E. P. Goldschmidt and Co., London, to the MFA for £400. (Accession Date: February 7, 1935)NOTES: [1] There is a possible ownership inscription on the title page, effaced save for inventory number "8293". [2] According to a note in the hand of Jacques-Charles Brunet, mounted on the preliminary leaf. [3] Offered in Quaritch’s General Catalogue (London, 1887), nos. 4377 and 37543, for £200; and Monuments of Typography (London, 1897), no. 471, for £105.
