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Illustrated by: Geoffroy Tory (French, about 1480–1533)
Printer: Thielman Kerver II (French, 16th century)
Printer: Thielman Kerver II (French, 16th century)
1552
Place of Publication: Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with 14 woodcuts and numerous woodcut borders
Dimensions
Overall: 14.7 x 9.8 x 3 cm (5 13/16 x 3 7/8 x 1 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.1340
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Paris: Thielman Kerver, 1552
Catalogue Raisonné
Brunet V, 1626, no. 209; Bohatta 322; Mortimer, French, 313 (1556 ed.)
Description(Paris: Thielman Kerver, 1552) Duodecimo; 214 leaves; modern gilt-stamped red morocco (Niedré, attrib.).
Printed in red and black; almanac for years 1551-1570. See Mortimer for a discussion of the woodcuts and borders; the former were first used by Tory in a 1529 16mo edition. The borders are reduced copies of Tory's "moderne" borders first introduced in 1527 (MFA owns a copy: 37.471).
Printed in red and black; almanac for years 1551-1570. See Mortimer for a discussion of the woodcuts and borders; the former were first used by Tory in a 1529 16mo edition. The borders are reduced copies of Tory's "moderne" borders first introduced in 1527 (MFA owns a copy: 37.471).
ProvenanceNicolas Yemeniz (1775-1871; his sale, Paris 1867, lot 93); Robert Hoe (1839-1909; his sale, New York, Anderson, 1911); George Smith Book Co., from whom purchased May 5, 1925, by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.