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Rare Books: Visual Arts

Descriptions of the University of Manitoba's Rare Books Collection as well as educational resources available to those studying related fields.

Visual Arts

Creator / Imprint Title Call Number
Schoonhoven, Florens, (Amstelodami : Apud Joannem Janssonium, 1648.) Emblemata Florentii Schoonhovii I.C. Goudani : partim moralia partim etiam civilia : cum latiori eorundem ejusdem auctoris interpretatione : accedunt et alia quaedam poëmata in alijs poematum suorum libris non contenta. N7740 .S3 1648

Architecture

Creator / Imprint Title Call Number
Bertotti Scamozzi, Ottavio, (In Vicenza : Nella Stamperia di Giovambattista Vendramini Mosca, 1761.) Il forestiere istruito delle cose piu' rare di architettera, e di alcune pitture della citta' di Vicenza / dialogo di Ottavio Bertotti Scamozzi. NA1121.V4 B4 1761
Aldrich, Henry, (Oxford : Sold by D Prince and J Cooke, 1789.) The elements of civil architecture, according to Vitruvius and other ancients, and the most approved practice of modern authors, especially Palladio / by Henry Aldrich ; translated by Philip Smyth. NA2515 .A4 1789
Palladio, Andrea, (London : Benjn Cole, engraver & John Wilcox, 1736.) Andrea Palladio's Architecture : in four books : containing a dissertation on the five orders, & ye most necessary observations relating to all kinds of building : as also, the different constructions of public and private-houses, high-ways, bridges, market-places, xystes, & temples, w.th their plans, sections, & elevations / the whole containing 226 folio copper-plates, carefully revis'd and redelineated by Edw.d Hoppus ... and embellish'd w.th a large variety of chimney pieces collected from the works of Inigo Jones & others. NA2515 .P2513 1736
Serlio, Sebastiano, (In Vinetia : Cornelio de Nicolini da Sabbio Pietro de Nicolini da Sabbio, 1551.) [Architettvra] / di M. Sebastiano Serlio, Bolognese. NA2515 .S5 1551
Serlio, Sebastiano, (In Venetia : Appresso Francesco Senese & Zuane Krugher Alemanno, Compagni, 1566.) [Architettvra] / di Sebastiano Serlio, Bolognese. NA2515 .S5 1566
Serlio, Sebastiano, (In Venetia : Appresso Francesco de Franceschi Senese, 1584.) [Architettvra] / di Sebastiano Serlio, Bolognese. NA2515 .S5 1584
Serlio, Sebastiano, (London : Robert Peake, 1611.) The first[-fifth] booke of architecture / made by Sebastian Serly ; translated out of Italian into Dutch, and out of Dutch into English. NA2515 .S513 1611
Vitruvius Pollio. (Florentiæ : impressum per hæredes Philippi Iuntæ, 1522.) M. Vitrvvii De architectvra libri decem : nuper maxima diligentia castigati atq : excusi, additis, Iulij Frontini De aqueductibus libris propter materiae affinitatem. NA2515 .V6 1522
Vitruvius Pollio. (Argenterati [Strasbourg] : Ex Officina Knoblochiana, per Georgium Machaeropieum, mense Augusto anno 1550.) M. Vitrvvii Pollionis, viri svae professionis peritissimi, De architectvra libri X : ad Avgvstum Cæsarem accuratissime conscripti, & locis quamplurimis hac editione emendati / adiunctis nunc primum Gvlielmi Philandri Castilionii Galli ... castigationibvs atque annotationibus in eosdem ... ; vna cum lib. II. Sex. Ivlii Frontini De aqvaedvctibvs vrbis Romae, & Nicolai Cvsani Dialogo de staticis experimentis, cum Græco pariter & Latino indice, dispositione copiaq, elaboratissimo. NA2515 .V6 1550
Vitruvius Pollio. (Lvgdvni [Lyon] : Apvd Ioan Tornaesivm, 1552.) M. Vitrvvii Pollionis De architectvra libri decem ad Caesarem Avgvstvm. NA2515 .V6 1552
Vitruvius Pollio. (London : James Newton , 1791.) The architecture of M. Vitruvius Pollio / translated from the original Latin by W. Newton. NA2515 .V613 1791
Vitruvius Pollio. (In Venetia : Appresso Alessandro de' Vecchi, 1629.) I dieci libri dell'architettvra / di M. Vitruvio ; tradotti & commentati da Daniel Barbaro ; all'illustrissimo & reuerendillimo Sforza Ponzone. NA2515 .V616 1629
Vitruvius Pollio. (In Venezia : Nella stamperia di Giambatista Albrizzi, 1747.) L'architettura generale di Vitruvio / ridotta in compendio dal Sig. Perrault ... opera tradotta dal Francese, ed incontrata in questa edizione col testo dell' autore, e col commento di Monsig. Barbaro ... NA2515 .V616 1747
Ware, Isaac, (London : T Osborne and J Shipton and 4 others, 1756.) A complete body of architecture : adorned with plans and elevations, from original designs / by Isaac Ware ... in which are interspersed some designs of Inigo Jones, never before published. NA2515 .W37 1756
Palladio, Andrea, (London : sn, 1742.) The architecture of A. Palladio. Book the fourth : wherein is treated of the ancient temples in Rome, and some others to be seen in Italy, and other parts of Europe / the whole revis'd, design'd, and publish'd by Giacomo Leoni, a Venetian ... ; translated from the Italian original : volume the second. NA2517 .P23413 1742
I. and J. Taylor's Architectural Library (London, England) (London : I and J Taylor at the Architectural Library, Holborn, 1794.) Rudiments of ancient architecture : containing an historical account of the five orders, with their proportions, and examples of each from antiques : also extracts from Vitruvius, Pliny, &c. relative to the buildings of the ancients, calculated for the use of those who wish to attain a summary knowledge of the science of architecture, with a dictionary of terms. NA260 .R92 1794
Mondhare (Firm) (A Paris : Chez Mondhare, [1790?]) Developpement des cinq ordres d'architecture, suivant l'opinion de Vignole, Paladio, Scamozy, Alberty, et autres architectes anciens et moderne. NA2810 .D48 1790
Vignola, (In Venezia : Negotio Remondini, [16--]) Li cinqve ordini di architettvra et agivntade lopere / del eccmo M. Giacomo Barocio da Vignola ; con vn ragionamento alli architeti di M. Ottaviano Ridolfi ; intorno alla perfetione di tutti gli cinque ordeni di detta architetvra ; con la noua agiunta di Michiel Angielo BonaRotta, Fiorentino. NA2810 .V53 1600z
Vignola, (Roma : Napoli : sn 1783.) Regole de' cinque ordini d'architettura di Jacomo Barozzio da Vignola. NA2810 .V53 1783
Fréart, Roland, (A Paris : Claude Jombert [17--?]) Parallele de l'architectvre antiqve et de la moderne : contenant les profils des plvs beavx edifices de Rome comparés avec les dix principavx avthevrs qui ont écrit des cinq ordres : scavoir Palladio et Scamozzi, Serlio et Vignole, D. Barbaro et Cataneo, L.B. Alberti et Viola, Bvllant et De Lorme. NA2812 .F73 1700z
Fréart, Roland, (A Paris : Chez Pierre Emery , Michel Brunet , et la veuve de Daniel Horthemels , 1702.) Parallele de l'architecture antique et de la moderne : avec un recueil des dix principaux auteurs qui ont écrit des cinq ordres : sçavoir, Palladio & Scamozzi, Serlio & Vignola, D. Barbaro & Cataneo, L.B. Alberti & Viola, Bullant & De Lorme, comparez entr'eux. NA2812 .F73 1702

 

 

Creator / Imprint Title Call Number
Fréart, Roland, (London : Printed by TW for J Walthoe and 6 others, 1733.) A parallel of the ancient architecture with the modern, in a collection of ten principal authors who have written upon the five orders, viz. Palladio and Scamozzi, Serlio and Vignola, D. Barbaro and Cataneo, L.B. Alberti and Viola, Bullant and De Lorme, compared with one another ... / written in French by Roland Freart, sieur de Chambray ; made English for the benefit of builders ... by John Evelyn. NA2812 .F7313 1733
Scamozzi, Vincenzo, (In Venetia : Appresso Francesco Ziletti, 1582.) Discorsi sopra l'antichità di Roma / di Vicenzo Scamozzi. NA310 .S32 1582
Desgodets, Antoine Babuty, (A Paris : Chez Claude-Antoine Jombert, fils aîné, Libraire du Roi pour le Génie & l'Artillerie, 1779.) Les édifices antiques de Rome : mesurés et dessinés tres-exactement sur les lieux / par feu M. Desgodetz. NA311 .D4 1779
Rossi, Domenico de', (Romæ : sn, 1699.) Romanæ magnitvdinis monvmenta : qvæ vrbem illam orbis dominam velvt redivivam exhibent posteritati, vetervm recentiorvmqve qvotqvot hac de re scripservnt avthoritate probata, qvibus svffragantvr nvmismata, et mvsea principvm præsertim fragmenta marmorea Farnesiana, qvæ vrbis antiqvæ ichnographiam continent, restitvta et avcta, cura, sumptibus ac typis / Dominici de Rubeis, Iohaeredis ad Templum S.æ Mariæ de Pace. NA311 .R67 1699
Langley, Batty, (London : S Harding, 1756.) The city and country builder's and workman's treasury of designs, or, The art of drawing and working the ornamental parts of architecture ... / by B.L. NA3310 .L3 1756
Adam, Robert, ([London] : the author, 1764.) Rvins of the palace of the Emperor Diocletian at Spalatro in Dalmatia / by R. Adam. NA335.S68 A32 1764
Sardi, Pietro, ([Venice] : Stampata in Venetia a spese dell' Autore, 1618.) Corona imperiale dell' architettura militare / di Pietro Sardi, Romano. NA490 .S37 1618
Peacock, James, (London : the author, and sold by C Dilly, 1785.) Oikidia, or, Nutshells : being ichnographic distributions for small villas : chiefly upon Œconomical principles, in seven classes, with occasional remarks / by Jose MacPacke, a bricklayer's labourer. NA7328 .P42 1785
Savot, Louis, (A Paris : François Clovzier 1673.) L'architectvre françoise des bastimens particvliers / composée par Me Lovis Savot ; auec des figures & des nottes de M. Blondel. NA7346 .S38 1673
Ferrerio, Pietro, (Norimbergæ [Nuremberg] : Sumptibus Ioh Iacobi de Sandrart, [1694].) Palatiorum Romanorum à celeberrimis sui ævi architectis erectorum. NA7756.R66 P34 1694
Bartoli, Pietro Santi, (Romæ : Ex chalcographia Dominici de Rubeis, 1704.) Columna Cochlis M. Aurelio Antonino Augusto : dicata eius rebus gestis in Germanica atque Sarmaticâ expeditione insignis, ex S.C. Romæ ad viam Flaminiam erecta, ac utriusque belli imaginibus anaglyphice insculpta / brevibus notis Io. Petri Bellorii illustrata et a Petro Sancte Bartolo, iuxta delineationes in Bibliothecâ Barberinâ asservatas, ac cum antiquis ipsius columnæ signis collatas ære incisa iterum in lucem prodit sub faustissimis auspicys sanctis. d.n. Papæ Clementis XI. NA9340.R6 B37 1704

Sculpture

Creator / Imprint Title Call Number
Bartoli, Pietro Santi, (Roma :[s.n.], 1727.) Gli antichi sepolcri, ovvero mausolei romani, ed etruschi, trovati in Roma ed in altri luoghi celebri; nelli quali si contengono molte erudite memorie / raccolti, disegnati, ed intagliati da Pietro Santi Bartoli. NB1603 .B3 1727

Drawing. Design. Illustration

Creator / Imprint Title Call Number
Taylor, C. (London : C Taylor, 1786.) Heads of a second set of lectures, on the polite arts / by Francis Fitzgerald. NC749 .F57 1786

Print media

Creator / Imprint Title Call Number
Oraeus, Heinrich, (Francofvrti : apud Iacobu de Zetter, 1619.) Viridarium heiroglyphico-morale. In quo virtutes et vitia, atqve mores aevi secundum tres ordines hierarchicos, ecclesiasticum, politicum, oeconomicum, per definitiones, distributiones, causas adfectiones, adiuncta, effecta &c. pie, prudenter, dextrè ac variè explicantur, & non tantum dictis, & exemplis historiarum veterum ac recentium, ex sacris scripturis, sanctis patribus seu Dd. ecclesiae, poetis philosophis, historicis cum christianorum tum gentilium, sed etiam artificiosissimis eiconibus hieroglyphicis illustrantur. Opusculum novum ac rarum, cuius vsum atc, vtilitatem praefixa praefatio docebit. Per Henricym Oraevu Assenheim ... NE476 .O72 1619

Decerative Arts

Creator / Imprint Title Call Number
Gent, Thomas, ([York] : Impressed for the author, [1762]) The most delectable, scriptural and pious history of the famous and magnificent great eastern window (according to beautiful portraitures) in St. Peter's Cathedral, York : a book, which might be styl'd, The history of histories / by Thomas Gent.

NK5344.Y6 G4 1762