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Epigrammata (Epigrams)


M.V. Martialis poetae facetissimi epigrammata
Author: Martial (about 40–after 100)
Printer: Christoph Froschauer (Swiss, died in 1564)
1544
Place of Publication: Zurich, Switzerland

Medium/Technique Printed book, unillustrated
Dimensions Overall: 17 x 11 x 3.3 cm (6 11/16 x 4 5/16 x 1 5/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Horatio Greenough Curtis
Accession Number25.709
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Zurich: Christoph Froschauer, 1544

Catalogue Raisonné British Museum, STC German, p. 595
Description(Zurich: Christoph Froschauer, 1544) Quarto; 223 leaves; contemporary blind-stamped pigskin, dated 1559 and monogrammed C*K [attributed to Caspar Kraft]; beige cloth box.
ProvenanceOwnership inscription "Christoforo Cresso 1559" on title page; G. Chartener (bookplate); Mrs. Horatio Greenough Curtis, by whom given to MFA, April 1925.