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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.
Detail: folio 5v - "Portrait of Sorio"
Historia
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
about 1520
Voarchadumia contra alchimiam
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
1530
Clarissimi Hyginii Astronomi De mundi et sphaerae
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
1517
Cento favole morali
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
1570
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
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
Inexplicabilis mysterii gesta beatae Veronicae virginis
Inexplicabilis mysterii gesta beatae Veronicae virginis
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
1518
La Rappresentatione di Lazero riccho et di Lazero povero
Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
16th century