Accession number
PML 197747
Creator
Maximus, of Tyre, active 2nd century.
Published
Basileae : Ioannes Frobenius ..., Sexto Calend. Februarius. an. M.D. XIX. [27 January 1519].
Credit line
Purchased on the Harper D-1 Fund, 2018.
Notes
Cover title.
Title page, first pages of preface and text within historiated borders engraved by Ambrosius Holbein or Urs Graf.
Imprint from colophon.
"Apelles olim..." border designed by Ambrosius Holbein, signed AH.
Colophon: Joannes Frobenius studiosus, gaudere ... Basileae ex aedibus nostris. Sexto Calend. Februarius. an. M.D. XIX.
Initials by Urs Graf. Cf. Schneeli, Heitz, Initialen von Hans Holbein, alphabet II.
Signatures: a⁴ b-p⁶.
Title page, first pages of preface and text within historiated borders engraved by Ambrosius Holbein or Urs Graf.
Imprint from colophon.
"Apelles olim..." border designed by Ambrosius Holbein, signed AH.
Colophon: Joannes Frobenius studiosus, gaudere ... Basileae ex aedibus nostris. Sexto Calend. Februarius. an. M.D. XIX.
Initials by Urs Graf. Cf. Schneeli, Heitz, Initialen von Hans Holbein, alphabet II.
Signatures: a⁴ b-p⁶.
Description
[2], 3-4, [1], 6-7, [2], 6-170, [2] pages : illustrations (woodcuts) ; 33 cm (fol.)
Provenance
Unidentified signatures, faded (title page); Christie's London (sale 14301), 13 December 2017, lot 178; Morgan Library & Museum, purchased on the Harper D-1 Fund, 2018.
Binding
Modern paper over paper boards.
Classification
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Department