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Herwologia Anglica

Author: Henry Holland (English, 1788–1873)
Engraver: Crispin van de Passe, Sr. (Netherlandish, 1564–1637)
Engraver: Magdalena van de Passe (Netherlandish, 1600–1638)
Engraver: Willem van de Passe (Netherlandish, 1598?–before 1637)
Printer: Jan Jansen (Netherlandish, died in 1630)
1620
Place of Publication: Arnheim, Netherlands

Medium/Technique Illustrated book with engraved title and 67 engravings
Dimensions Overall: 31.5 x 20.1 x 3cm (12 3/8 x 7 15/16 x 1 3/16in.)
Credit Line Gift of Charlotte Z. and Arthur E. Vershbow
Accession Number1979.777
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Arnheim: Jan Jansen, for Crispin van de Passe, 1620

Catalogue Raisonné Brunet III, 129; STC 13582; Hollstein, Dutch and Flemish, XVI, pp. 48-59, nos. 162ad-227ad; Hind, Engraving in England, II, pp. 145-62
Description(Arnheim: Jan Jansen, for Crispin van de Passe, 1620) Folio; 130 leaves [lacking last contents leaf]; contemporary vellum, tan cloth box.

Allegorical title page, portraits of figures from British history
ProvenanceCharlotte Z. and Arthur E. Vershbow (purchased in 1975), by whom given to the MFA, December, 1979.