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Virgilius Solis the elder

Metamorphoses Ovidii, Argumentis quidem soluta oratione, Enarrationibus sutem & Allegorijs Elegiaco versu accuratissime expositae, summaq

Maker

Virgilius Solis the elder (German, 1514-1562)
M. Johan Sprengiun Augustan (German, 1514-1562), author
Georg Rab, publisher
Sigmund Feyerabend (German, 1527 - 1590), publisher
Wigand Gallus, publisher

Title

Metamorphoses Ovidii, Argumentis quidem soluta oratione, Enarrationibus sutem & Allegorijs Elegiaco versu accuratissime expositae, summaq

Year

1563

Medium

  • Laid:fore-edges in thick gold leaf/and on top and on bottom; when bent,
  • marbled design appears.Medium,
  • off-white.

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Laid:fore-edges in thick gold leaf/and on top and on bottom; when bent,
  • marbled design appears.Medium,
  • off-white.

Supports

  • Laid:fore-edges in thick gold leaf/and on top and on bottom,
  • when bent,
  • marbled design appears.Medium,
  • off-white.

Geography

Place Made: Frankfort; Place Made: Germany

Dimensions

16.2 x 10.8 x 2.2 cm (6 3/8 x 4 1/4 x 7/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

On back of flyleaf, in pencil:Leiber illustr./f 3/178 fig 5.

Identification

Edition

1st Edition

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Museum Works of Art Fund

Object Number

50.233

Type

  • Books

Exhibition History

The Illustrated Book
Oct 21, 1980 – Nov 23, 1980

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Tombstone

Virgilius Solis the elder (German, 1514-1562)
M. Johan Sprengiun Augustan (German, 1514-1562), author
Georg Rab, publisher
Sigmund Feyerabend (German, 1527 - 1590), publisher
Wigand Gallus, publisher
Metamorphoses Ovidii, Argumentis quidem soluta oratione, Enarrationibus sutem & Allegorijs Elegiaco versu accuratissime expositae, summaq, 1563
Laid:fore-edges in thick gold leaf/and on top and on bottom; when bent, marbled design appears.Medium, off-white.
16.2 x 10.8 x 2.2 cm (6 3/8 x 4 1/4 x 7/8 inches)
Museum Works of Art Fund 50.233

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