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Mattioli's herbal : a short account of its illustrations, with a print from an original woodblock

Risbury ; New York : The Whittington Press ; The Pierpont Morgan Library, 2003

This edition of 350 copies is set in 16-point Monotype Centaur and printed on Zerkall mould-made paper by John Randle at the Whittington Press, Whittington Court, Glousterhire, and John Grice at the Evergreen Press, Stroud, Gloustershire. Each copy contains a print from the original woodblock of asarum from Mattioli's Herbal of 1562. Three hundred copies are half-bound in buckram, and fifty copies are halfbound in morocco, in a slipcase, with print hand colored by Louisa Hare. Printed to mark the opening of the exhibition Picturing Natural History: Flora and Fauna in Drawings, Manuscripts, and the Printed Books, at the Morgan Library, 12 February 2003. This is copy no.: [259].

17 p.

31 x 24 cm

object

losse houtgravure in achterflap en cassette

0-87598-139-9

Met lit. opg.
Gedrukt tgv een tentoonstelling in de Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, gehouden van 12 februari tot 4 mei 2003.

band; buckram; band; papier

11-02 H

pp eng Whittington 2003.01