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Imperatorum romanorum omnium orientalium et occidentalium verissimae imagines
Illustrated by: Peter Flötner (German, about 1485–1546)
Illustrated by: Hans Rudolf Manuel Deutsch (Swiss, 1525–1571)
Cut by: Rudolf Wyssenbach (Swiss, active 1546–1560)
Cut by: Christoph Schweitzer (Swiss, active 1550–1562)
Author: Jacobus Strada (died in 1588)
Printed by: Andreas Gessner (Swiss, 16th century)
Illustrated by: Hans Rudolf Manuel Deutsch (Swiss, 1525–1571)
Cut by: Rudolf Wyssenbach (Swiss, active 1546–1560)
Cut by: Christoph Schweitzer (Swiss, active 1550–1562)
Author: Jacobus Strada (died in 1588)
Printed by: Andreas Gessner (Swiss, 16th century)
1559
Place of Publication: Zurich, Switzerland
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with numerous woodcuts (including 156 ornamental designs and 118 portraits)
Dimensions
Overall: 49.8 x 38.3 x 3.8 cm (19 5/8 x 15 1/16 x 1 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William A. Sargent Fund
Accession Number46.786
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Zurich: Andreas Gessner, 1559
Catalogue Raisonné
Dodgson, German and Flemish, I, p. 527; Guilmard, p. 356 (under no. 7); Hollstein 7 (Deutsch); Hollstein 17-18 (Schweitzer)
Description(Zurich: Andreas Gessner, 1559) Folio; 126 leaves; contemporary gilt-stamped red-stained vellum, green silk ties; red cloth box.
Illustrations: ornamental designs by Flötner, including grotesque panel (fol. 50v); large medallion portraits of emperors, ancient and contemporary, from Caesar to Maximilian (fol. 118r) and Charles V (fol. 118r).
Illustrations: ornamental designs by Flötner, including grotesque panel (fol. 50v); large medallion portraits of emperors, ancient and contemporary, from Caesar to Maximilian (fol. 118r) and Charles V (fol. 118r).
ProvenanceOtto H. Ranschburg, New York, from whom purchased by MFA, September 12, 1946.