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Cryptomenytices et cryptographiae libri IX
Author: August Duke of Braunschweig (German, 17th century)
Engraved by: Lucas Kilian (German, 1579–1637)
Engraved by: Wolfgang Kilian (German, 1581–1662)
Printer: Johann Stern (German, 1582–1656)
Printer: Heinrich Stern (German, 1592–1665)
Engraved by: Lucas Kilian (German, 1579–1637)
Engraved by: Wolfgang Kilian (German, 1581–1662)
Printer: Johann Stern (German, 1582–1656)
Printer: Heinrich Stern (German, 1592–1665)
1624
Place of Publication: Lüneberg, Germany
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with engraved title, two engravings, and numerous woodcut and typographic diagrams
Dimensions
Overall: 29.4 x 19.3 x 5 cm (11 9/16 x 7 5/8 x 1 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Horatio Greenough Curtis in memory of her husband Horatio Greenough Curtis
Accession Number27.1417
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Lüneberg: Johann and Heinrich Stern, 1624
Catalogue Raisonné
Brunet V, 270; VD17 23:285820R
Description(Lüneberg: Johann and Heinrich Stern, 1624) Folio; 266 leaves; contemporary black-stamped vellum, gauffered edges (red cloth box)
Numerous tables and diagrams of cryptographic interest, code script, musical notation, etc.
Numerous tables and diagrams of cryptographic interest, code script, musical notation, etc.
ProvenanceInscription by original owner [?] on front pastedown "Ex donatione authoris principis Augusti Luneb m decemb 9 ao 1624"; Horatio Greenough Curtis (1844-1922; inscr. on front flyleaf "H.G. Curtis Boston"); his widow, by whom bequeathed to the MFA, 1927, received October 10, 1940.