Antique Maps and Views

Information

Nobilis Neapolitana in Italia - Antique map View larger

Nobilis Neapolitana in Italia - Antique map

06555

Jost Amman."Nobilis Neapolitana in Italia. Also gehen die Frawen zu Neaples". Orig. wood-block, J. Amman (1539-1591) from the first edition of his work "Habitus praecipuorum populorum, tam virorum quam foeminarum singulari arte depicti....

More details

Sold

More info

Amman, Jost

Weigel, Hans

Nürnberg

1577

Jost Amman."Nobilis Neapolitana in Italia. Also gehen die Frawen zu Neaples". Orig. wood-block, J. Amman (1539-1591) from the first edition of his work "Habitus praecipuorum populorum, tam virorum quam foeminarum singulari arte depicti. Trachtenbuch darin fast allerley und der furnembsten Nationen die heutigs tags bekandt sein". Published by H. Weigel in Nuremberg, 1577. Magnificent old colouring. 30,5:19,5 cm (12 x 7 3/4 inch.).

A dress of noble woman of Naples in the 16th century. - Rare. - Jost Amman (1539 in Zürich - 1591 in Nürnberg) was a Swiss-German artist, celebrated chiefly for his woodcuts, done mainly for book illustrations.


Tags: Antique map, Antique maps, Old maps, Nobilis Neapolitana in Italia