Title page of the sacred collection lafreriana
| Reference: | S29104 |
| Author | Antonio LAFRERI |
| Year: | 1576 |
| Measures: | 335 x 470 mm |
€2,500.00
| Reference: | S29104 |
| Author | Antonio LAFRERI |
| Year: | 1576 |
| Measures: | 335 x 470 mm |
€2,500.00
Description
Engraving, 1576, dated in plate in the center. Example in the only known state. Magnificent proof, rich tone, printed on contemporary laid paper with watermark "star and shield with letter M", with small margins, horizontal center fold, otherwise in perfect condition.
The title page is decorated with an architectural frame in three registers whose central header. The composition of the work is similar to that made for the Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae, with respect to which, however, is more beautiful and full of pictures and captions.
One of the three title pages that the publisher did make to collect and categorize his work. Work of incredible rarity.
Literature
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Bury, The Print in Italy, pp. 49/51, fig.2; Marigliani & Biguzzi, La Collezione Sacra della Bottega di Antonio Lafrery, pp. 39/41. Dimensioni 334x460 circa.
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Antonio LAFRERI (Orgelet 1512 - Roma 1577)
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An engraver, publisher and dealer in prints and books. He moved in Rome about 1544, and began a series of joint ventures with the older Roman publisher Antonio Salamanca that continued until the latter's death in 1562. Lafrery in best known for prints showing the architecture and sculpture of ancient Rome. He commissioned a title page Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae, engraved by E. Duperac in 1573, to enable the buyer to compile his own collection from Lafrery's stock. Similarly realized collections of maps, different in the number and type of maps included with the title Geografia/Tavole moderne di geografia/de la maggior parte del mondo/di diversi autori/raccolte et messe secondo l’ordine/di Tolomeo/con i disegni di molte città et/fortezze di diverse provintie/stampate in rame con studio et diligenza/in Roma, known as Atlanti Lafrery. Besides the Speculum, Lafrery published two title pages for collections of religious subjects.
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Literature
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Bury, The Print in Italy, pp. 49/51, fig.2; Marigliani & Biguzzi, La Collezione Sacra della Bottega di Antonio Lafrery, pp. 39/41. Dimensioni 334x460 circa.
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Antonio LAFRERI (Orgelet 1512 - Roma 1577)
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An engraver, publisher and dealer in prints and books. He moved in Rome about 1544, and began a series of joint ventures with the older Roman publisher Antonio Salamanca that continued until the latter's death in 1562. Lafrery in best known for prints showing the architecture and sculpture of ancient Rome. He commissioned a title page Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae, engraved by E. Duperac in 1573, to enable the buyer to compile his own collection from Lafrery's stock. Similarly realized collections of maps, different in the number and type of maps included with the title Geografia/Tavole moderne di geografia/de la maggior parte del mondo/di diversi autori/raccolte et messe secondo l’ordine/di Tolomeo/con i disegni di molte città et/fortezze di diverse provintie/stampate in rame con studio et diligenza/in Roma, known as Atlanti Lafrery. Besides the Speculum, Lafrery published two title pages for collections of religious subjects.
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