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De Oficiis
On Moral Duty
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De Oficiis
On Moral Duty
Author: Marcus Tullius Cicero
Illustrated by: Hans Weiditz (German, before 1500–about 1536)
Illustrated by: Hans Burgkmair, the Elder (German, 1473–1531)
Printer: Heinrich Steiner (German, died in 1548)
Illustrated by: Hans Weiditz (German, before 1500–about 1536)
Illustrated by: Hans Burgkmair, the Elder (German, 1473–1531)
Printer: Heinrich Steiner (German, died in 1548)
1531
Place of Publication: Augsburg, Germany
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with 103 woodcuts
Dimensions
Overall: 30 x 22.5 x 5.6 cm (11 13/16 x 8 7/8 x 2 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William A. Sargent Fund
Accession Number51.14.1
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Augsburg: Heinrich Steiner, 1531
Catalogue Raisonné
Dodgson, German and Flemish, II, 143, no. 12
Description(Augsburg: Heinrich Steiner, 1531) Folio; 110 leaves; contemporary blind-stamped calf, rebacked, with brass clasps.
BOUND with: Ulrich Zasius, Instituta (Frankfurt: Christoph Egenolff, 1536 [51.14.2]) and Der Richterlich Clagspiegel [ed. Sebastian Brant] (Strassburg: Wendelin Rihel and Georg Messerschmidt, 1542 [51.14.3]).
BOUND with: Ulrich Zasius, Instituta (Frankfurt: Christoph Egenolff, 1536 [51.14.2]) and Der Richterlich Clagspiegel [ed. Sebastian Brant] (Strassburg: Wendelin Rihel and Georg Messerschmidt, 1542 [51.14.3]).
ProvenanceE. P. Goldschmidt & Co., London (Cat. 92, no. 94), from whom purchased by MFA, (Accession Date: January 11, 1951)