Author
Pennybacker, Inez., Alberti, Leon Battista, 1404-1472., Colonna, Francesco, approximately 1453-1517., Guidobaldo, da Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino, 1472-1508., Scytha, Johannes Baptista., Maro, Andreas, active 15th century-16th century., Manutius, Aldo, 1449 or 1450-1515, Colonna, Francesco, -1527.
Publication Date
Mense decembri .M. ID. December 1499
Publication Place
Venice -
in the house of Aldi Manutii for Leonardus Crassus
Subject
Architectural writing -- Italy -- Early works to 1800, Architecture in literature -- Early works to 1800, Architectural writing, Architecture in literature, Italy
Type
Book
Language
ara,grc,heb,ita,lat
Digital
No
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
33 cm
Library
Wesleyan University Library
Library Asset ID
LC : 48040450, OCLC : (OCoLC)08922460
Record ID
alma99685093903768
Library Location
Available at WU - Special Collections & Archives Davison Rare Book Room (SC&A Reading Room use only) (B4 Incun. 1499 C71h)
Date
Mense decembri .M. ID. December 1499
Notes
Wesleyan Special Collections copy: C erroneously signed E and corrected inmanuscript. Rebound in white pigskin by Inez Pennybacker, 9/78., Title from half-title page (leaf [pi]1r)., Imprint from colophon (leaf F4r)., "The enigmatic, polyglot Hypnerotomachia Poliphili ... has fascinated architects and historians since its publication in 1499. Part fictional narrative and part scholarly treatise, richly illustrated with wood engravings, the book is an extreme case of erotic furor, aimed at everything--especially architecture--that the protagonist, Poliphilo, encounters in his quest for his beloved, Polia. Among the instances of the book's manifesto-like character is Polia's tirade defending the right of women to express their own sexuality, probably the first sustained argument of this type, which lifts the book's erotic theme from the realm of ribaldry to the more daring one of sexual politics"--Hypnerotomachia Poliphili WWW home page, 23 Mar. 2007, "Cavtvm est ne qvis in dominio ill. s.v impvne hvnc librvm qveat imprimere"--T.p. This privilege is not included with the similar title on p. [9], The initial letters of successive chapters in this work form an acrostic that includes the author's name: Poliam frater Franciscus Columna permauit., Ascribed to Leon Battista Alberti by Liane Lefaivre in Leon Battista Alberti's Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, 1997., Ascribed by Maurizio Calvesi to a different Francesco Colonna, ca. 1453-1517, in La "pugna d'amore in sogno" di Francesco Colonna romano, 1996, In the Lilly Library copy the last two letters of the last word, SANEQVAM, on line 5 in the title on p. [9] appear to have been stamped in after an erasure. InU, Letter from Leonardus Crassus Veronensis to Guido, Duke of Urbino, on p. [2-3]., "Io. Bap. Scythae carmen ad clarissimum Leonardum Crassum artium ac iuris Pontificii consultum": pages [3-4], Synopsis in Italian prose on p. [5] and in Italian verse on p. [6-7]., Epigrams by Andreas Maro Brixianus on p. [8]., "Poliphilvs Poliae s.p.d.": p. [10]., "Li errori del libro" on p. [467]., Woodcuts: ill, initials. Woodcuts on leaves [10b] and [21a] signed: b., 39 lines. Types: 2:114R, 7:114Gr, 9:84Gr, 10:82R, and Hebrew type. Catchwords., Signatures: [pi]⁴ a-y⁸ z¹⁰ A-E⁸ F⁴: 234 leaves. Leaf [pi]2 signed 2., For reset sheets and variant copies, see Neil Harris in Gutenberg Jahrbuch (2006), pp. 245-75, see also C. Bühler in Festschrift für Claus Nissen, Wiesbaden, 1973, pp. 36-42. (ISTC)., P. Scapecchi, in Accademie e biblioteche d'Italia 51 (1983) pp. 286-98 and 53 (1985) pp. 68-73, argues that Columna is the dedicatee, and that the author is Fra Eliseo da Treviso. For further notes and references on the authorship, see CIBN (ISTC)., Goff, C-767, ISTC, ic0076700, BM 15th cent., V, p. 561 (IB. 24500), Bodleian Lib. 15th cent., C-391, BSB-Ink, C-471, Pellechet, 3867, Hain-Copinger, *5501, GW, 7223, Polain, 1126, Sajó-Soltész, 1050, IGI, 3062, IDL, 1353, Madsen, 1237, Text in a highly stylized Italian that is a compound of Latin and Italian; it also includes Arabic, Greek, and Hebrew.
Tür
Early works to 1800, Incunabula, Woodcuts, Early works, Incuanbula -- Italy -- Venice -- 1499
