Accession number
PML 76069
Creator
Amman, Jost, 1539-1591.
Published
Francofurti ad Moenum : Impressum ... apud Georgium Coruinum, impensis Sigismundi Feyerabent, 1568.
Credit line
Gift; Paul Mellon 1979.
Notes
Leaves [2-7], [123-129], [132-134], [140-148] printed on both sides.
Illustrations: 132 prints from 124 blocks : woodcut, image 8 x 6 cm. From designs by Jost Amman (some with monogram IA); chiefly cut by the artist (cf. Becker, p. vii). 112 of these cuts and 2 others were published by Feyerabend earlier in 1568 (dedication dated Dec. 24, 1567) with verses by Hans Sachs under title Eygentliche Beschreibung aller Stände auf Erden ... ; cf. Becker 13a.
Feyerabend and Feyerabend-Simon Hüter devices on recto and verso of last leaf: 2 prints : woodcut ; 7 x 6 cm. Designed by Jost Amman. References: Heitz, P. Frankfurter Drucker- und Verlegerzeichen, nos. 30, 39. Andresen, F. Deutsche Peintre-Graveur, no. 154, 173.
"Chartarius. Der Papyrer": leaf [28] the earliest illustration of papermaking in Western literature; cf. Hunter, D. Literature of papermaking, p. 13.
Captions in Latin and German.
First word of title transliterated from the Greek.
Publisher statement from colophon.
Publisher's dedication dated Jan. 1, 1568.
Mellon no.: L 448.6.
Illustrations: 132 prints from 124 blocks : woodcut, image 8 x 6 cm. From designs by Jost Amman (some with monogram IA); chiefly cut by the artist (cf. Becker, p. vii). 112 of these cuts and 2 others were published by Feyerabend earlier in 1568 (dedication dated Dec. 24, 1567) with verses by Hans Sachs under title Eygentliche Beschreibung aller Stände auf Erden ... ; cf. Becker 13a.
Feyerabend and Feyerabend-Simon Hüter devices on recto and verso of last leaf: 2 prints : woodcut ; 7 x 6 cm. Designed by Jost Amman. References: Heitz, P. Frankfurter Drucker- und Verlegerzeichen, nos. 30, 39. Andresen, F. Deutsche Peintre-Graveur, no. 154, 173.
"Chartarius. Der Papyrer": leaf [28] the earliest illustration of papermaking in Western literature; cf. Hunter, D. Literature of papermaking, p. 13.
Captions in Latin and German.
First word of title transliterated from the Greek.
Publisher statement from colophon.
Publisher's dedication dated Jan. 1, 1568.
Mellon no.: L 448.6.
Description
[15] p. + [133] f. + [14] p. : ill. ; 16 cm
Provenance
From the collection of Paul Mellon.
Binding
Vellum, in case.
Classification
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