Accession number
PML 196721
Published
Coloniae : Apud haeredes Arnoldi Birckmanni, anno 1555.
Credit line
Purchased on the L.C. Harper D-1 Fund, 2017.
Notes
Woodcuts after Holbein's designs. Prints are copies of cuts executed by Hans Lützelburger. Cf. C.F. Murray.
Three of the woodcuts are signed by the woodcutter "A": priest (B3r), judge (B3v), and old woman (B7r).
Signatures: A-M⁸ N⁴, leaf N4 blank.
Woodcut printer's device on t.p.
Three of the woodcuts are signed by the woodcutter "A": priest (B3r), judge (B3v), and old woman (B7r).
Signatures: A-M⁸ N⁴, leaf N4 blank.
Woodcut printer's device on t.p.
Description
[100] leaves : ill. (woodcuts) ; 16 x 9 cm. (8vo)
Inscriptions/Markings
Hand annoations: 16th-century notations on the Anni Climaterici (leaf P4v), minimal underlining and marginal notations throughout text.
Provenance
Librairie Dimitri Kronis, Paris; Pierpont Morgan Library, purchased from Kronis, March 2017.
Binding
Stiff vellum with cover extensions (yapp edges), 19th century.
Classification
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