Entrée principale:

Vitruvius Pollio.

Titre et auteur:

Architettura : con il suo co[m]mento et figure : Vetruuio in uolgar lingua / raportato per M. Gianbatista Caporali di Perugia.

Publication:

Stampato in Perugia : Nella stamparia del conte Iano Bigazzini, il di primo d'Aprile l'anno M.D. XXXVI [1536]

Description:

[3], 131 leaves : illustrations (woodcuts), plans ; 28 cm (folio)

Notes:
The label "Architettvra" above allegorical figure at head of t.p. is taken as 1st word of title.
Imprint from colophon.
Woodcuts: architectural title page featuring a white-on-black arabesque border incorporating portrait medallion of Caporali and his arms; symbols of the four arts in each corner: Mathematica, Musica, Litteratura, Pittura, with the seated figure of Architettura in the upper center, flanked by the crowned griffins of Perugia; portrait of Bigazzini in armour, on leaf [2]; extensively illustrated throughout with 81 woodcut architectural drawings and diagrams (based on the illustrations in the 1521 edition of Vitruvius printed in Como by Gottardo da Ponte), including two versions of the Vitruvian man on rectos of leaves 70 and 71; ornamental and pictorial initials.
Text of Vitruvius in large roman type, surrounded on two or three sides by Caporali's commentary in smaller roman type; marginal notes in small roman.
Caporali's dedicatory preface addressed to Iano Bigazzini and dated Nov. 1, 1532 in Perugia.
Woodcut portrait of Bigazzini on leaf A2.
Woodcut ornamental t.p., with representations of architecture and other arts, portrait of Caporali, coat of arms, and date.
Translation of Books I-V only, by Giovanni Battista Caporali. The text, commentary and illustrations are arranged as in the 1521 Como edition.
Sander, M. Livre à figures italien depuis 1467 jusqu'à 1530, 7700
Harvard College Library. Catalogue of books and manuscripts. Italian 16th century books, no. 546
Fowler architectural collection of the Johns Hopkins University, no. 400
EDIT 16, CNCE 54111
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 735
Cicognara, 706
Library copy: woodcut ill. on leaf 105 replaced by a drawing of the same subject in sepia ink laid in, with text on verso handwritten.

Résumé:

First and only edition of Caporali's Italian translation of the first five books of Vitruvius. Based on the 1521 Como edition, the work was printed at Bigazzini's private press in Perugia with the collaboration of Caporali, himself an architect and painter; Vittorio Muzio, the typesetter; and Jean de Né, the typographer; see F. Ascarelli, La tipografia del '500 in Italia (Firenze: Leo S. Olschki Editore, 1989), pages 308-309.

Sujet:

Architecture Early works to 1800.
Architecture Ouvrages avant 1800.
Architecture

Classification/genre:

Treatises.
woodcuts (prints)
Early works
Renaissance architectural treatises.

Vedettes secondaires:

Caporali, Giovanni Battista, approximately 1476-1560, commentator
Bigazzini, Giano, approximately 1492- printer.
Caporali, Giovanni Battista, ca. 1476-1560
Italy Perugia.

Architettvra
Vetrvvio con il svo cōmento et figvre
Vetruvio con il suo commento et figure
Con il svo cōmento et figvre Vetrvvio

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque cage 131715
Cote: NA44.V848 (W13180)
Statut: Disponible

Localisation: Bibliothèque main slipcase 216732
Cote: NA44.V848 (W13180)
Statut: Disponible