Main entry:

Serlio, Sebastiano, 1475-1554.

Title & Author:

Quinto libro d'architettura / di Sabastiano Serlio, Bolognese ; nel quale si tratta di diuerse forme de tempii sacri secondo il costume christiano, & al modo antico ; a la Serenissima Regina di Navarra.

Publication:

In Venetia : Per Pietro de Nicolini da Sabbio ad instantia di Melchione Sessa, MDLI [1551]

Description:

18 leaves : illustrations (woodcuts), plans ; 36 cm (folio)

Notes:
1st Italian ed.
Date and printer's and publisher's names from colophon.
Signatures: 3A-3C⁴ 3D⁶.
Woodcuts: elaborate architectural title page featuring pillars having the shape of a male and female mythological figure, animal heads, three-dimensional shapes, all bordered with clusters of grapes, figs, leaves, and other fruits; large Sessa device on verso of last leaf, featuring his cat-and-mouse, with motto "Dissimilium in fida sotietas;" profusely illustrated with woodcut drawings of facades, floor plans, cross-sections of Christian churches, and their architectural elements including domes, cupolas, and niches.
Title-page printed in red and black; text printed in italic type.
This edition not in: Adams, H.M. Catalogue of books printed on the continent of Europe, 1501-1600, in Cambridge libraries.
Printer's and publisher's names and imprint date from colophon.
Signatures: 3A-3C⁴ 3D⁶ [$2 signed (-3A1+3D3)].
Fowler architectural collection of the Johns Hopkins University, 322
Short-title catalogue of books printed in Italy and of Italian books printed in other countries from 1465 to 1600 now in the British Museum, page 623
EDIT 16, CNCE 32814
Cicognara, 664-4
Library c. 1: imperfect: wanting leaves 3A2 and 3A3.
Library c. 1: bound (4) with: Il primo[-secondo] libro d'architettura / di M. Sabastiano Serlio, Bolognese. In Venetia : Per Cornelio de Nicolini da Sabbio a instantia de Marchio Sessa, [ca. 1551].
Library c. 2: bound (4) with: Il primo[-secondo] libro d'architettura / di M. Sabastiano Serlio, Bolognese. In Venetia : Per Cornelio de Nicolini da Sabbio a instantia de Marchio Sessa, [ca. 1551].

Summary:

Fifth book in a series of seven vernacular Renaissance architectural treatises by Sebastiano Serlio. Serlio's great contribution was that his books were the first to present architectural theory in the form of a professional manual, specifically geared to needs of architectus, builders, and craftsmen. He was also one of the first to use high-quality illustrations to explain his text.

Subject:

Architecture Early works to 1800.
Church architecture Early works to 1800.
Architecture Ouvrages avant 1800.
Architecture chrétienne Ouvrages avant 1800.
Architecture.
Church architecture.

Form/genre:

Treatises.
Woodcuts.
Renaissance architectural treatises.
Early works.

Added entries:

Sessa, Melchiorre, active 1546-1600, publisher.
Nicolini da Sabbio, Pietro, printer.

Holdings:

Location: Library cage m 211752
Call No.: NA44.S485.A74 1551
Copy: c. 1
Status: Available

Location: Library cage m 211808
Call No.: NA44.S485.A74 1551
Copy: c. 2
Status: Available