Icones biblicae praecipuas sacrae scripturae historias eleganter & graphicè repraesentantes = Biblische Figuren, darinnen die fürnembsten Historien, in heiliger vnd göttlicher Schrifft begriffen, Gründtlich vnd Geschichtmessig entworffen, zu nutz vnd belüstigung Gottsförchtiger vnd kunstverständiger Personen artig vorgebilget. an Tag gegeben / durch Matthaevm Merian ... mit Versen vnd Reymen in dreyen Sprachen gezieret vnd erkläret.

Accession number

PML 126186

Creator

Merian, Matthaeus, 1593-1650.

Published

Strassburg : In Verlegung Lazari Zetzners seligen Erben, [1625-1630]

Credit line

Bequest of E. Clark Stillman, 1995.

Notes

Pt. 2 & 3 have title: Iconvm biblicarvm ... ; pt. [4] has title: Nouitestamenti D.N. Iesu Christi ...
Engravings designed and cut by Merian.
Signatures: A-O⁴, A-R⁴, a-l⁴, Aa-Vv⁴.
Dedications of pt. 1-[4] dated 1625, 1626, 1627, and 1627 respectively; pt. 3 t.p. dated 1630, pt. [4] t.p. dated 1629.

Description

4 pts. in 1 v. (111, 135, 87, 159 p.) : chiefly ill. (engravings) ; 16 x 21 cm.

Provenance

Collection of E. Clark Stillman.

Binding

Limp vellum.

Classification

Book

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Department

Printed Books