illustrated book; print

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Object Type: illustrated book; print
Museum number: 1894,0417.549
Description: "Opus Poeticum De Admirabili Fallacia...Vulpeculae Reinikes Libros quatuor...ex idiomate Germanico...latinitate donatos, adiectis...iconibus...complectens...Auctore Hartmanno Schoppero" (Frankfurt am Main, P. Fabritius) 1567; containing woodcuts by Virgil Solis illustrating the story of Reynard the Fox, with a device by Jost Amman. Bound with letterpress titlepage and text in vellum. Woodcuts
Producer name: Print made by: Virgil Solis; Print made by: Jost Amman (device); Printed by: Peter Fabricius; Published by: Sigmund Feierabend; Published by: Simon Hüter
School/style: German
Production date: 1567
Production place: Published in: Frankfurt am Main
Materials: paper
Technique: woodcut
Dimensions: Height: 144 millimetres; Width: 95 millimetres (approx. sheet size of each page)
Curator's comments: Latin text translated from the Dutch. Colophon: "Francofurti Ad Moenum Per Petrum Fabritium, impensis Sigismundi Feirabent, & Simonis Huteri.Anno M.D.LXVII."
Bibliographic references: Paisey 2002 / Catalogue of German printed books to 1900 (333); New Hollstein (German) / The New Hollstein: German engravings, etchings and woodcuts 1400-1700 (45.1-40) (Solis); Andresen 1864-78 / Der Deutsche Peintre-Graveur ... von dem letzten Drittel des 16 Jahrhunderts bis zum Schluss des 18 Jahrhunderts (14,I)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: animal
Associated names: Representation of: Reynard the Fox
Associated titles: Associated Title: Reynard the Fox; Associated Title: Opus Poeticum De Admirabili Fallacia
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Albert Cohn
Acquisition date: 1894
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1894,0417.549

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