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Johan Wierix

Les Planches du bréviare in 8

Maker

Johan Wierix (Flemish, ca. 1549-after 1615)
Les Cuivres Originaux, publisher
Max Rooses, author
Plantin-Moretus Museum, printer

Culture

Flemish

Title

Les Planches du bréviare in 8

Year

1900

Medium

  • engraving

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • engraving

Materials

engraving

Supports

  • Wove:toupe paper at front and back,
  • remainder in medium laid paper off-white with watermarks,
  • fore-edges with gold leaf.

Geography

Place Made: Anvers

Dimensions

22.2 x 18.3 x 1.3 cm (8 3/4 x 7 3/16 x 1/2 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

On page next to flyleaf, in pen:Paul J. Sacks.

Marks: Many of the pages have a watermark.

Identification

State

Volume: I

Edition

First Edition

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Anonymous gift

Object Number

1989.078

Type

  • Books

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Johan Wierix (Flemish, ca. 1549-after 1615)
Les Cuivres Originaux, publisher
Max Rooses, author
Plantin-Moretus Museum, printer
Les Planches du bréviare in 8, 1900
engraving
22.2 x 18.3 x 1.3 cm (8 3/4 x 7 3/16 x 1/2 inches)
Anonymous gift 1989.078

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