Accession number
PML 150787
Creator
Solis, Virgil, 1514-1562, illustrator.
Published
Getruckt zu Franckfurt am Mayn : Durch Johannem Wolffium, 1565.
Credit line
Bequest of Miss Julia P. Wightman.
Notes
Title printed in black and red, within woodcut border; includes monogram of artist.
Woodcuts printed one to a page, with Latin captions above and German legends below each cut, some in verse.
218 woodcuts, all signed VS. With architectural ornament frames.
Morgan copy missing leaf p4.
Woodcuts printed one to a page, with Latin captions above and German legends below each cut, some in verse.
218 woodcuts, all signed VS. With architectural ornament frames.
Morgan copy missing leaf p4.
Description
[114] leaves : illustrations (woodcuts) ; 20 x 26 cm (oblong 8vo)
Provenance
Henry White (1760?-1836), of Lichfield, inscription: "Henr: White, Lichfeild[??] Augusti II° 1805" and "Bristol" (front pastedown), his sales, 8 Feb. 1826 and 5 Feb. 1838; Julia P. Wightman.
Binding
Rebacked, with original covers bound in.
Classification
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Department