Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Troili, Giulio, 1613-1685
Title:
Paradossi per pratticare la prospettiua senza saperla : fiori, per facilitare l'intelligenza, frutti, per non operare alla cieca : cognitioni necessarie à pittori, scultori, architetti, ed à qualunque si diletta di disegno / dat' in luce da Giulio Troili da Spinlamberto detto Paradosso, pittore dell'illustriss. Senato di Bologna.
Alternate Title(s):
Paradossi per pratticare la prospettiva senza saperla
Published / Created:
In Bologna : Per Gioseffo Longhi, 1683.
Physical Description:
[8], 120; [4], 64 p. : ill. ; 31 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
NC749 .T76 1683+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Katalog der Ornamentstichsammlung der Staatlichen Kunstbibliothek, Berlin, 4722

Fowler architectural collection of the Johns Hopkins University, 277

In 3 parts; pt. 3 has divisional t.-p with woodcut vignette (device?) with motto "Invidia virtute superatu" reading: Paradossi ouero fiori, e frutti di prospettiua prattica, parte terza diuisa in due settioni" and begins new pagination and register..

Added woodcut t.p. to v. [1] (on verso of letterpress t.p.; repeated on p. 13) has title: Prospettiuia teorica e prattica : paradossi per pratticare la prospettiua, senza saperla, e facilitare la inteligenza per non operare alla cieca.

Engraved t.p. vignette (coat of arms). Numerous floriated woodcut initials and head- and tail- pieces.

Illustrations consist chiefly of full-page wood engraved diagrams within an ornamental border.

BAC: Bound in vellum,
Subject Terms:
Perspective -- Early works to 1800. | Architectural drawing -- 17th century -- Early works to 1800. | Fortification -- Early works to 1800. | Geometry -- Early works to 1800. | Drawing -- Technique. | Drawing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. | Longhi, Gioseffo.
Form/Genre:
Drawing books. | Handbooks and manuals. | Wood engravings -- 1683.