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book; illustrated book; print

Object Type: book; illustrated book; print
Museum number: 1949,0411.4962.1-37
Description: "Alberti Dureri... Icones Sacræ. In historiam Salutis humanæ per Redemptorem nostrum Iesvm Christvm Dei & Mariæ filium instauratæ" (Hamburg, Georg Ludwig Frobenius) 1604; containing 38 biblical woodcuts by Albrecht Altdorfer, with ornamental border on the titlepage and decorative block after the publisher's address to the reader. Printed and bound with letterpress text by G.L.F. (i.e. Frobenius). Woodcuts
Producer name: Print made by: Albrecht Altdorfer; Published by: Georg Ludwig Frobenius; Printed by: Paul Lange
School/style
Production date: 1604
Production place: Published in: Hamburg (city)
Materials
Technique: woodcut; letterpress
Dimensions: Height: 183 millimetres (approx. sheet size of each page); Height: 70 millimetres (approx. size of each biblical woodcut); Width: 132 millimetres; Width: 46 millimetres
Curator's comments: Despite the title reference to Dürer, the woodcuts are by Altdorfer. One woodcut is unstamped (hence erroneous part-number range 1-37).
Bibliographic references: Paisey 2002 / Catalogue of German printed books to 1900 (414); New Hollstein (German) / The New Hollstein: German engravings, etchings and woodcuts 1400-1700 (W1-40)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: bible; religion/belief
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Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1949
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1949,0411.4962.1-37