DATE | AUTHOR, TITLE

FORMAT | LANGUAGE | PUBLISHER (if known) | PLACE OF PUBLICATION

c.1400 | Cennino Cennini, II Libro dell’Arte

Manuscript | Italian

1435/36 | Alberti writes De Pictura 

Manuscript | Latin, then Italian

1540 | Alberti, De Pictura 

1st Printing | Latin | Basel

1550 | Vasari, Vite (1st edition)

1st Printing | Italian | Lorenzo Torrentino (pub.) | Florence

1553 | Condivi, Life of Michelangelo

1st Printing | Italian

1557 | Alberti, Della Pittura (Italian) 

1st Printing (it.) | Italian | Venice

1557 | Dolce, Aretino 

1st Printing | Italian | Venice

1568 | Vasari, Vite (2nd edition)

1st Printing, 2nd ed. | Italian | Giunti (pub.) | Florence