Works of the Italian engravers of the fifteenth century :

reproduced in facsimile by photo-intaglio /
with an introduction by George William Reid, F.S.A. ; with letterpress descriptions of the works illustrated, and copious extracts from the text of the poems ; first series.
Bibliographic Details
Main Creator: Reid, George William, 1819-1887.
Contributors: Botticelli, Sandro, 1444 or 5-1510, ill.
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Format: Book
Language:English
Published / Created: London : Bernard Quaritch, 1884.
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Notes:No more published.

First series--illustrations: Il libro del monte sancto di Dio, 1477 [from designs by Botticelli, and generally regarded as having been engraved by him]; La Divina commedia of Dante, 1481 [from designs by Botticelli possibly engraved by Baccio Baldini]; and The triumphs of Petrarch [erroneously attributed by Bartsch to Nicoletto da Modena, but more likely designed if not executed by Fra Filippo Lippi].

Physical description: 2 p.|., iii, [1] p., 19 leaves, 19 plates : ; 47 x 29 cm.

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