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Biblia Veteris Testamenti & histori[a]e, artificiosis picturis effigiata = Biblische historien künstliche fürgemalet.

Accession number
PML 126114.1
Published
Franc[furti] : Apud hæredes Chr. Egenolphi, [1557].
Credit line
Bequest of E. Clark Stillman, 1995.
Notes
Imprint date from from colophon.
Woodcuts by H.S. Beham.
Series of woodcuts printed one to a page, with Latin captions above and German legends below each cut.
Bound with Novi Testamenti, Iesv Christi historia effigiata = New Testament und histori Christi furgebildet, Frankfurt : Bei Chri. Egenolff's Erben, 1557; Apocalypsis S. Ioannis = Offenbarung S. Johannis, Frankfurt : apud haere. Chr. Egen., 1558; and Sanctorvm, et martyrvm Christi icones artificiosissimae = Heiligen unnd märtrer Göttes künstliches bildnussen, Frankfurt : apud haeredes Chr. Egen., 1558.
Description
[168] p. : chiefly illustrations (woodcuts) ; 15 cm (8vo)
Provenance
Leonard Baskin (1922-2000), Fort Hill booklabel (front pastedown); E. Clark Stillman (1907-1995), shelfmark: SP104 (rear pastedown), bequeathed to: Pierpont Morgan Library, bequest of E. Clark Stillman, 1995.
Binding
19th-century northern German or Belgian brown calf with Annunciation and Nativity panel stamps.
Classification
Department