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Epistole e evangelii volgari historiade
Illustrated by: Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
Derived from: Agostino Veneziano (Italian, about 1490–after 1536)
Printer: Giovanni Antonio de' Nicolini da Sabbio (Italian, 16th century)
Derived from: Agostino Veneziano (Italian, about 1490–after 1536)
Printer: Giovanni Antonio de' Nicolini da Sabbio (Italian, 16th century)
1522
Place of Publication: Venice, Italy
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with 30 woodcuts [incomplete]
Dimensions
Overall: 30.3 x 21.8 x 1.8 cm (11 15/16 x 8 9/16 x 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Philip Hofer, Esq.
Accession Number51.1940
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Venice: Giovanni Antonio de Nicolini da Sabbio, 1522
Catalogue Raisonné
Mortimer, Italian, 59; Essling 195 (as 1512); Sander 2578 (as 1512)
Description(Venice: Giovanni Antonio de' Nicolini da Sabbio, 1522) Folio; 77 [of 88] leaves; half nineteenth-century gilt-stamped green morocco, green pastepaper boards.
Larger round illustrations of biblical scenes and evangelist portraits; smaller vignettes within text; woodcut borders.
Larger round illustrations of biblical scenes and evangelist portraits; smaller vignettes within text; woodcut borders.
ProvenanceCassini, Venice, from whom bought in 1938 by Philip Hofer, Cambridge, MA (1898-1984), by whom given to MFA in September 13, 1951.