40G HISTORY OK LACK J5:i0. Venice. A. Ta- fjlienti. En primere a cnloge (Cologne) par matrepiere quinty demorat dcnpre leglie do iii roies. 3 The same cut as the preceding, with the arms of Cologne, which seems to liave bten engraved for a great Bible printed by Quentell, in 1527, and is no guide for the date. Figs, 149 and 159. Fig. 149. Metre P. Quinty. Cologne, 1527. Metre P. Quinty. Cologne, 1527. i- Opera nuova die insegna a le Done a cuscire: a racciimare: e a disegnar a ciascuno: Et la ditta opera sara di grande utilita ad ogni artista: per esser il disegno ad ogniuno neccssario : la qual e ititolata esempio di racami 4 4to. 23 ff. 3G plates. 'J'itle in red Gothic letters; beneath four woodcuts representing women at work. Two pages of dedication to the ladies, by Giovanni Antonio Taglienti, in which he says his book is for the instruction of each “valorosa donna & tutte altre donzelle, con gli liuomini insiome & fonciulli, lrquali si dilettarouo de imparar a disegnar, cuscir, & raccammar.” Then follows a most miscellaneous collection of what he terms, in his dedi cation, “frogi, frisi, tondi maravigliosi, groppi moreschi et araboschi, ucelli volanti, floii, lettere antique, maiuscoli, & le francesche,” &c., three pages very much like the pictures in a child’s spelling book, rounds (tondi) for cushions, and two pages representing hearts and scrolls ; hearts transfixed, one with an 3 I’aris, Ilibliotheque Nat. Gravures, I,, h. 13. d.* 4 Bib. Nat. Y. 1897*—Genoa, Cav. Merit 1528 (?)