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| Title | Historia vtriusque belli Dacici a Traiano Caesare gesti, ex simulachris quae in columna eiusdem Romae visuntur collecta |
| Detail Depicted | Illustrations--Intaglio--Engravings--Copper |
| Uniform Title | Historia utriusque belli Dacici a Traiano Caesare gest |
| Creator/Author | Chacón, Alfonso, 1540-1599 |
| Publisher | Ex typographia Iacobi Mascardi [Mascardi, Giacomo, ; fl. 1605]-1634, |
| Place of Publication | Romae [Italy--Rome] |
| Date of Publication | 1616 |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Trajan's Column (Rome, Italy) -- Early works to 1800
Trajan, Emperor of Rome, 53-117 -- Art -- Early works to 1800
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| Genre Heading | Early printed books--1601-1700 (17th century)
Historical works
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| Bibliographic Elements | Single sheet |
| Printing Method | Letterpress on handmade laid paper |
| Printer | Mascardi, Giacomo, ; fl. 1605-1634 |
| Image Production Process | Intaglio--Engravings--Copper
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| Illustrator | Villamena, Francesco |
| General Notes | Printing specimen taken from Brown, George M.L. Specimens of woodcuts and engravings; a portfolio of original leaves taken from rare and notable illustrated books. New York, The Foliophiles, 1926.
Illustrations from the Illustrated History of the Dacian Wars of the Emperor Trajan depicting carvings on his victory column. The text was written by the Spanish archaeologist Alfonso Ciacon; the engravings were made by Francesco Villamena who followed in part previous engravings made by Giulio Romano, Raphael's foremost pupil. |
| Language | Latin |
| Digital Collection | Historical Book Arts Collection |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division. |
| Repository Collection | Special Collections |
| Call Number | SpecColl Rare 096 Sp31 |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original text using a Microtek Scanmaker 9600XL at 400 dpi in color and saved in JPEG format at compression rate 3 and resized to 768x600 ppi. 2003. |
| Restrictions/Copyright | Some of our items are fragile and may require an appointment for use. Please contact Special Collections. |
