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Neuwe Biblische Figuren, dess Alten vnd Neuwen Testaments / geordnet vnd gestellt durch ... Johan Bockspergern von Saltzburg, den jüngern, vnd nachgerissen ... durch ... Joss Amman.

Accession number
PML 126187
Creator
Bocksberger, Johann Melchior, -1587.
Published
Franckfurt am Mayn : Georg Raben, Sigmund Feyerabend, vnd Weygand Hanen Erben, 1565.
Credit line
Bequest of E. Clark Stillman, 1995.
Notes
T.p. printed in red and black.
Signatures: a⁴ A-B⁴ C⁴(C4+'Ciiii') D-F⁴ G⁴ (G4+'Giii') H-Q⁴ R1 [chi]1.
Woodcuts designed by Bocksberger and cut by Amman.
Bookplate on inside back cover has the initials "H.H." and the first lines of a German childrens' rhyme: "Fuchs du hast die Gans gestohlen gieb sie wieder her..."
Description
[140] p., [2] leaves of foldout plates : chiefly ill. (woodcuts) ; 17 x 21 cm.
Provenance
Collection of E. Clark Stillman.
Binding
Bound in full stained calf with arms of N. Nouet in gilt on front and back covers (Olivier, E. Manuel de l'amateur de reliures armoriées françaises, pl. 193); joints repaired to preserve original spine.
Classification
Department