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Bienenkorb dess heil. röm. Immenschwarms (Beehive for the immense holy Roman swarm)
Illustrated by: Unidentified artist, German, 16th century
Author: Philips van Marnix (1538–1598)
Printer: Bernhard Jobin (German, active in Strasbourg, 1570–1594)
Author: Philips van Marnix (1538–1598)
Printer: Bernhard Jobin (German, active in Strasbourg, 1570–1594)
1579 (?)
Place of Publication: Strassburg, Germany
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with three woodcuts
Dimensions
Overall: 17.1 x 11.8 x 4.4 cm (6 3/4 x 4 5/8 x 1 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Museum Purchase
Accession NumberBR1107
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsPrints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Strassburg: Berhard Jobin [1579?]
Catalogue Raisonné
British Museum, STC German, p. 722
Description([Strassburg: Bernhard Jobin, 1579?]) Quarto; 299 leaves; contemporary stiff vellum, green cloth box.
Title page woodcut of papal beehive printed in red and black; that woodcut repeated in black only (fol. Ll5v); another cut of allegorical figure and demons (Nn1r).
Title page woodcut of papal beehive printed in red and black; that woodcut repeated in black only (fol. Ll5v); another cut of allegorical figure and demons (Nn1r).
ProvenanceKarl W. Hiersemann, Leipzig, from whom purchased by MFA, October 12, 1900.