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Tomaso Ruinetti, author and designer

Idea del Buon Scrittore, 1619

Description

Maker

  • Tomaso Ruinetti, Italian, author and designer
  • Cristoforo Blanco, Italian, engraver

Title

Idea del Buon Scrittore

Year

1619

Medium

Book with engraved title and 44 engraved and etched plates

Dimensions

20.7 x 29.4 x 1.5 cm (8 1/8 x 11 9/16 x 9/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

in graphite, flyleaf: "ex libris Destailleur, Stirling-Maxwell and Mark Lansburgh"; in different hand, graphite "830 326 / Calligraphy Ruinetti"; in different hand, graphite "580520"; in different hand ballpoint pen, "71-40-2". In graphite, endpaper (back): "MC"; in different hand, graphite "Marzoli 21 / Bonacini 1585"; in different hand, graphite "2800/678"; in different hand, graphite, "rnoyt".

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Mary B. Jackson Fund

Object Number

2015.86

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in the public domain (CC0 1.0). This object is Idea del Buon Scrittore with the accession number of 2015.86. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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