Varie Acconciatvre Di Teste usate da nobilissime Dame in diuerse Cittadi d'Italia

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Names: Guerra, Giovanni, 1544-1618 (Printmaker)
Dates / Origin: Date Issued: 1590 - 1600 (Questionable); Place: Roma?
Library locations: Spencer Collection; Shelf locator: Spencer Coll. Ital. 159-
Topics: Hairdressing -- Italy; Etching, Italian
Genres: Books; Prints
Notes: Statement of responsibility: [Da] Giouanni Guerra.; Citation/reference: Lipperheide: Kat. der...Kostümbibliothek, 1644. Colas: Bibl. gén. du costume, 1353. Mazzi, C. Le Acconciature di Giovanni Guerra. (In: Bibliofilia. Firenze. v. 1 (1900) p. 229-233); Date: Published, probably in Rome, in 1589 or later. The dedicatees, Flavia Peretti Orsina [sic] and Orsina Peretti Colonna, married in that year into the Orsini and Colonna families. Assigned by Lipperheide to ca. 1600 (no place) and by Colas to Venice, ca. 1570.; Content: Comprises etched t. p. and 39 etchings, all but 17 with Guerra's monogram. Each depicts in profile the head and shoulders of a lady from a different city. The name of the city and an attribute (e.g. Tivolese, fastosa) accompany each figure, appearing in the ornamental border which is repeated throughout.
Physical Description: Etchings; Extent: 1 l., 39 plates. 17cm.; Binding, modern, of vellum.
Type of Resource: Still image
Identifiers: RLIN/OCLC: 131751933; NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b16828517; Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 7dd68390-81bc-0134-6763-00505686a51c

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