Epigrammes anciens sur plusieurs beaux subjects--Extraicts de l'anthologie des epigrames grecs par Henry Estiene

Calligrapher: Guillaume Le Gangneur (French, about 1553–about 1624)
Binding by: Clovis Eve (French, active 1584–1635)
Author: Henri Estienne (French, 1531–1598)

late 16th century

Place of Creation: Paris, France

Medium/Technique Calligraphic manuscript written in pen and brown and gold ink on vellum

Dimensions Overall: 15.6 x 10.3 x 1.4 cm (6 1/8 x 4 1/16 x 9/16 in.)

Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Horatio Greenough Curtis

Accession Number25.700

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CollectionsEurope

[Paris: late 16th century]]

Description([Paris: late 16th century]) Octavo; 22 leaves [of writing]; contemporary gold-tooled vellum fanfare binding (blue cloth box).

ProvenanceMrs. Horatio G. Curtis, by whom given to MFA, April 1925.