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001 $ 03/2144
003 $ UK-LoRAA
005 $ 20190723120206.8
035 # # $z 5997
041 0 # $a fre
044 # # $a fr
245 0 0 $a Recueil de Divers Griffonemens Têtes, Animaux, Frises, Marines, Paysages, et autres Sujets de Caprice Inventés et Gravés par Steph. Della Bella Graveur florentin.
246 3 # $a Principe Del Disegno
246 3 # $a Recueil de quarante griffonnements et épreuves
246 3 # $a Diversi animali
246 3 # $a Ornament Di Fregi et fogliami
246 3 # $a Varie figure
246 3 # $a Al Sermo. Principe D. Lorenzo di Toscana
246 3 # $a Varii Capricii Militarii
246 3 # $a Raccolta di vasi diversi
260 # # $a Se Vend à Paris $b chés Basan $c [17--?]
300 # # $a T.-pl., 25, 40, 24, 16, 6, [8], 8, 4, 4, 6, [5] pl. (in each of these groups the first pl. serves as title-pl - except that the eighth, ninth and eleventh groups have no t.-pl.); $c 211×285 mm. (Oblong ).
505 0 # $a [General title-plate] - [11 groups of plates, incl. eight t.-pl.].
508 # # $a Almost all the etchings are signed as made, or designed and made, by Stefano Della Bella ('fecit' or 'invent. et fecit'). But those of the eighth and ninth (untitled) groups are signed as designed by Della Bella and made by Colignon; and the second etching of the eleventh (untitled) group is signed as designed by Guidus Renus Bononiensis and made by S.D. Bella.

A publisher's imprint appears on groups [6] ('Varie figure'), [7] ('Al Sermo. Principe') and [10] ('Varii Capricii Militari'): '[F.L.D.] Ciartres excud[it] cum priv. regis' (i.e. François Langlois, de Chartres).
510 0 # $a A. Forlani Tempesti, Stefano della Bella incisioni (2nd. ed., 1983); Stefano della Bella: catalogue raisonné, by A. de Vesme, rev. P. D. Massar (2 vols., 1971).
520 2 # $a No publication-date is given by the general title-plate or any other plate.

The compilation consists of eleven groups of plates, eight of which have title-plates, as follows:

[1] 'Principe Del Disegno Fatti Per SB' (25 numbered plates, showing human features, chiefly heads);

[2] 'Recueil de quarante griffonements & épreuves d'eau forte par Della Bella' (40 numbered plates, showing human features, chiefly heads);

[3] 'Diversi Animali Fatti De Stefno. Della Bella' (24 numbered plates);

[4] 'Ornamenti Di Fregi et fogliami di Della Bella' (16 numbered plates);

[5] 'Raccolta di vasi diversi di Stef. de la Bella Fiorentino' (16 numbered plates);

[6] 'Varie Figure Di Stef. della bella' (8 numbered plates, showing open-air scenes);

[7] 'Al Sermo. Principe D. Lorenzo di Toscana &c.' (8 numbered plates, showing ships);

[8] [Untitled] (4 numbered plates, showing landscapes and coasts);

[9] [Untitled] (4 numbered plates, showing landscapes);

[10] 'Varii Capricii Militarii di Stef. Della Bella' (6 numbered plates);

[11] [Untitled] (5 unnumbered plates, incl. four showing the Holy Family).
561 # # $a Recorded in RAA Library, Catalogue, 1802.
562 # # $a Imperfect; lacks plate 6 of 'Principe Del Disegno', plates 10-13 of 'Recueil de quarante griffonnements' and plates 11-12 of 'Ornament Di Fregi'. The sheet carrying plates 18-19 of 'Recueil de quarante griffonnements' carries also a small drawing in graphite.
563 # # $a 18th-century half calf, marbled-papered boards; rebacked and recornered in 1988 by A. Wessely, red morocco spine-label lettered 'Recueil Bella'.
655 # 4 $a Pattern books - Pattern drawings - History - 17th century - Baroque
655 # 4 $a Pictorial works - France - 18th century
700 1 # $a Della Bella, Stefano $e draughtsman $e engraver
700 1 # $a Basan, Pierre François $e publisher
700 1 # $a Collignon, François
700 1 # $a Reni, Guido
700 1 # $a Langlois, François $e publisher
700 1 # $a Wessely $e binder
852 8 # $d 1802: B-3-02; 1821: B-2-05.