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Icones veteris testamenti; illustrations of the Old Testament, engraved on wood, from designs by Hans Holbein.

Accession number
PML 2129
Creator
Holbein, Hans, 1497-1543.
Published
London, William Pickering, 1830.
Credit line
Purchased with the Irwin collection, 1900.
Notes
The woodcuts have been executed by John and Mary Byfield.
Printed on one side of leaf only.
List of editions: p. 6-7.
Each cut accompanied by the corresponding passage of the Bible in English, Latin, French, Italian, and Spanish.
1 of 12 copies printed on India paper.
Introduction by T.R. Dibdin.
Description
14 p., 90 l. [90] pl. 20 cm
Provenance
From the Theodore Irwin collection; Pierpont Morgan.
Binding
Green morocco.
Classification
Department