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Commentarii (Commentaries)

(Roman, 102–44 B.C.)
(Italian, 1547–1597)
1588
Place of PublicationVenice, Italy
Medium/TechniqueIllustrated book with 20 woodcuts
DimensionsOverall: 15.7 x 11.5 x 4.5 cm (6 3/16 x 4 1/2 x 1 3/4 in.)
Credit LineWilliam A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession number37.1936
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Description
Venice: Aldus Manutius, 1588
ProvenanceEarly ownership inscription(s) on title page; William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936; inscribed "$17 Auction Oct/02"), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.
Voarchadumia contra alchimiam
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
1530
Detail: folio 2v - "Virtue"
Historia
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
about 1520
Clarissimi Hyginii Astronomi De mundi et sphaerae
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
1517
Cento favole morali
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
1570
Opere (Works)
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
1512
La rappresentatione di S. Apollonia vergine, & martire
La rappresentatione di S. Apollonia vergine, & martire
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
16th century
La gloria e l'honore di ponti tagliati a fogliami
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
1555
Detail: IV, 63
De Architectura Libri Dece (Ten Books of Architecture)
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
1521
Papie Sanctuarium
Papie Sanctuarium
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
1505
Tractato nobilissimo della prudentia et iustitia
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
1508
De primi principii della lingua romana
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
1540
Epistole e evangelii volgari historiade
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
1522