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Livre de grotesques
Jacques Androuet Ducerceau (French, about 1515–about 1585)
Printer: Andreas Wechel (French, died in 1581)
Hans Vredeman de Vries (Netherlandish, 1527–1606?)
Printer: Andreas Wechel (French, died in 1581)
Hans Vredeman de Vries (Netherlandish, 1527–1606?)
1566
Place of Publication: Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with 34 etchings
Dimensions
Overall: 34 x 22.7 x 3 cm (13 3/8 x 8 15/16 x 1 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Maria Antoinette Evans Fund
Accession Number31.1271
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Paris: Andreas Wechel, 1566
Catalogue Raisonné
Berlin 303; BN, Inventaire 16th, I, p. 67; Geymüller 317
Description(Paris: Andreas Wechel, 1566) Folio; 36 leaves; modern gilt-stamped pale green vellum boards.
The collation for this edition in the Berlin catalogue cites a title leaf, 2 ll. of letterpress, and 36 plates. The MFA copy has the title, one leaf of letterpress, and 33 plates by Ducerceau. In addition, bound at the front of the plates is a single plate by Vredeman de Vries (from his Grottesco, Berlin 225 [MFA has a copy in the Hoffmann album, 50.6.12]).
The collation for this edition in the Berlin catalogue cites a title leaf, 2 ll. of letterpress, and 36 plates. The MFA copy has the title, one leaf of letterpress, and 33 plates by Ducerceau. In addition, bound at the front of the plates is a single plate by Vredeman de Vries (from his Grottesco, Berlin 225 [MFA has a copy in the Hoffmann album, 50.6.12]).
ProvenanceGeorges Mathias, Paris, from whom purchased (through Colnaghi, London) by MFA, July 1, 1931.