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Von den fünf Sülen (On the Five Columns)

Illustrated by: Hans Blum (German, born about 1525)
Author: Hans Blum (German, born about 1525)
Printer: Christoph Froschauer (Swiss, died in 1564)
1567
Place of Publication: Zurich, Switzerland

Medium/Technique Illustrated book with 16 woodcuts and diagrams
Dimensions Overall: 38.1 x 25.3 x 2.4 cm (15 x 9 15/16 x 15/16 in.)
Credit Line Fund in memory of Horatio Greenough Curtis
Accession Number52.1743.1
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Zurich: Christoph Froschauer, 1560, 1567

Catalogue Raisonné Hollstein, German, IV, 125, no. 1 (4th ed.)
Description(Zurich: Christoph Froschauer, 1567) Folio; 18 leaves; vellum over boards, tan cloth box. BOUND with Blum, Antiquiteten (Zurich: 1560) [52.1743.2] and Wunderbarliche kostliche Gemält (Zurich: 1561) [52.1743.3]

Illustrations of elevations and sections of columns representing architectural orders.

ProvenanceWilliam H. Schab, New York, from whom purchased by MFA, December 11, 1952