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Virgilius Solis the elder

Metamorphoses Ovidii, Argumentis quidem soluta oratione, Enarrationibus sutem & Allegorijs Elegiaco versu accuratissime expositae, summaq, 1563

Description

Maker

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

Supports

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

Dimensions

16.2 x 10.8 x 2.2 cm (6 3/8 x 4 5/16 x 7/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

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

Identification

Edition

1st Edition

Place

Frankfort; Germany

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Books

Credit

Museum Works of Art Fund

Object Number

50.233

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

The Illustrated Book

October 21 - November 23, 1980

Use

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