The dream of Poliphilus : fac-similes of one hundred and sixty-eight woodcuts in "Hypnerotomachia Poliphili" (Venice, 1499) / with an introductory notice, and descriptions by J.W. Appell.

Title & Author:

The dream of Poliphilus : fac-similes of one hundred and sixty-eight woodcuts in "Hypnerotomachia Poliphili" (Venice, 1499) / with an introductory notice, and descriptions by J.W. Appell.

Edition:

New ed.

Publication:

[London] : Reproduced for the Dept. of Science and Art in photo-lithography by W. Griggs, 1893.

Description:

13 pages, 80 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 29 cm

Notes:
The artist or designer of the woodcuts is unknown; they have been attributed to Giovanni or Gentile Bellini, Andrea Mantegna, Carpaccio, Jacopo de' Barbari, the Master of the Dolphin; the author Francesco Colonna, and others.
Includes bibliographical references.
Gift of Lessing J. Rosenwald, 1943-1975.

Subject:

Colonna, Francesco, -1527. Hypnerotomachia Poliphili Illustrations.
Hypnerotomachia Poliphili (Colonna, Francesco)
Wood-engraving, Italian.
Gravure sur bois italienne.
Traum.

Form/genre:

Facsimiles (reproductions)
Illustrated works
Facsimiles.

Added entries:

Rogers, Bruce, 1870-1957, former owner.
Levis, Howard Coppuck, former owner
Colonna, Francesco, -1527. Hypnerotomachia Poliphili.
Pforzheimer Bruce Rogers Collection (Library of Congress)
Lessing J. Rosenwald Reference Collection (Library of Congress)

Reproductions of the woodcuts in the Dream of Poliphilus (Hypnerotomachia Poliphili) printed at Venice by Aldus in 1499

Holdings:

Location: Library main 86949
Call No.: ID NE1075.C6; ID:95-B411
Status: Available

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