Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Jones, Inigo, 1573-1652
Title:
[Facsimile of the sketch book containing studies and notes made by Inigo Jones during a visit to Italy in 1614].
Alternate Title(s):
Roma : altro diletto che imparar non trouo
Published / Created:
[London] : Lithographed by G.E. Madeley ..., [1831 or 1832]
Physical Description:
[132] pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
NC1115 .J55 1831
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
First page of original has inscription: Roma: Altro diletto che imparar non trouo, Inigo Jones, 1614.

The studies and notes cover 42 leaves (2-10, 12-19, 21-22, 24-25, 27-34, 41-53); the rest of the book is blank. Subjects are of the human figure and face; included are notes and some blank pages.

Reproduced from the original in the possession of the Duke of Devonshire. Only a hundred copies were made.

Martin, J. Bibliographical catalogue of privately printed books (2nd ed.), p. 409-412

BAC: British Art Center copy bound in original vellum. Bookplate of Henry Cunliffe Armiger.
Subject Terms:
Jones, Inigo, 1573–1652 -- Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc. | Armiger, Henry Cunliffe -- Bookplate.
Form/Genre:
Facsimiles. | Lithographs -- 1831. | Figure drawings -- English -- 1614 -- Facsimiles. | Sketchbooks -- Italy -- 1614 -- Facsimiles. | Travel sketches -- English -- Italy -- 1614 -- Facsimiles. | Lithographs -- England -- London -- 1832.
Contributors:
Madeley, George Edward, lithographer. | Devonshire, William Spencer Cavendish, Duke of, 1790–1858.