illustrated book; print

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Object Type: illustrated book; print
Museum number: 1870,1008.2099.+
Description: Johann von Eck, 'Joan.Eckii Theologi in summulas Petri Hispani extemporaria ... explanatio ...' (Augsburg, Johann Miller) 1516; book in Latin with three woodcut illustrations including initials and titlepage woodcut by Hans Burgkmair depicting the double-headed eagle with three coat of arms below for the university-towns of Ingolstadt, Feiburg, and Tübingen, printed in red and black ink. 1516 woodcut and letterpress
Producer name: Print made by: Hans Burgkmair the Elder (titlepage); Published by: Johann Miller
School/style
Production date: 1516
Production place: Published in: Augsburg
Materials
Technique: woodcut; letterpress
Dimensions: Height: 283 millimetres (approx sheet size); Width: 201 millimetres (approx sheet size)
Curator's comments: Burgkmair's block was also used in two other works published by Miller in Augsburg: "Aristoteles, Dialectica" (1517) and "Elementarius Dialectica" (1518).
Bibliographic references: Paisey 2002 / Catalogue of German printed books to 1900 (208); Hollstein / German engravings, etchings and woodcuts c.1400-1700 (798); Dodgson 1903, 1911 / Catalogue of Early German and Flemish Woodcuts in the BM, 2 vols (II 58,6)
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Associated names
Associated places: Associated with: Augsburg; Associated with: Freiburg (Lower Saxony); Associated with: Ingolstadt; Associated with: Tübingen
Associated titles
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1870
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1870,1008.2099.+

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