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Tomaso Ruinetti

Idea del buon Scrittore

Description

Maker

Tomaso Ruinetti (Italian, born ca. 1596), author
Tomaso Ruinetti (Italian, born ca. 1596), designer
Cristoforo Blanco (Italian, active 1592-1619), engraver

Title

Idea del buon Scrittore
Idea del Bvon Scrittore Opera Prima di Tomaso Rvinetti da Ravena a beneficio de' desiderosi d'imitare le uere form dello scriuere

Year

1619

Medium

  • Book with engraved title and 44 engraved and etched plates

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • 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".

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Mary B. Jackson Fund

Object Number

2015.86

Type

  • Prints

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This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

Tombstone

Tomaso Ruinetti (Italian, born ca. 1596), author
Tomaso Ruinetti (Italian, born ca. 1596), designer
Cristoforo Blanco (Italian, active 1592-1619), engraver
Idea del buon Scrittore; Idea del Bvon Scrittore Opera Prima di Tomaso Rvinetti da Ravena a beneficio de' desiderosi d'imitare le uere form dello scriuere, 1619
Book with engraved title and 44 engraved and etched plates
20.7 x 29.4 x 1.5 cm (8 1/8 x 11 9/16 x 9/16 inches)
Mary B. Jackson Fund 2015.86

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