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Kunstbüchlin (A Little Book of Art)
Illustrated by: Jost Amman (German, 1539–1591)
Author: Jost Amman (German, 1539–1591)
Publisher: Sigmund Feyerabend (German, 1528–1590)
Author: Jost Amman (German, 1539–1591)
Publisher: Sigmund Feyerabend (German, 1528–1590)
1599
Place of Publication: Frankfurt, Germany
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with numerous woodcuts
Dimensions
Overall: 18.7 x 15.2 x 3 cm (7 3/8 x 6 x 1 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of the Countess d'Edla
Accession Number30.1031
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Frankfurt: Sigmund Feyerabend, 1599
Catalogue Raisonné
Andresen 237; Illustrated Bartsch, vol. 20 (Pt. 2), pp. 409-557; Murray, German, 36
Description(Frankfurt: Sigmund Feyerabend, 1599) Quarto; 138 leaves [incomplete, lacking title page and several leaves]; contemporary (Spanish?) brown calf, gilt spine.
Illustrations of costume, allegorical figures, biblical vignettes, portraits, horsemen, jousts, blank shields, etc.
Illustrations of costume, allegorical figures, biblical vignettes, portraits, horsemen, jousts, blank shields, etc.
ProvenanceCountess d'Edla, by whom bequeathed to the MFA, March 1930.