[Cologne?] : [Gaspard Rutz?], 1581
Gift of Paul Mellon, 1979.
63 engraved plates, including fully engraved title page and dedication; additional leaf of letter press (in Greek and Latin) with engraved portrait of Boissard.
Captions in Latin (above) with French and German (below).
Engravings attributed to Abraham de Bruyn and Julius Goltzius, although other editions have plate 6 signed by Goltzius.
Title page with "Cum privilegio Regio" inscribed in ink at bottom-right corner of title space.
Not cited in Hollstein, New Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings, and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700, vol. 31: Abraham de Bruyn.
Mellon no.: T 38A.
[5], 61 leaves : illustrations (engravings) ; 30 cm
From the collection of Paul Mellon.
16th-century Belgian or Dutch(?) blind- and gold-tooled calf.