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Sponsa in Silesia Qvando in templum ire solet - Antique map

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Jost Amman."Sponsa in Silesia Quando in templum ire solet. Ein Braut in der Schlesien". Orig. wood-block, J. Amman (1539-1591) from the first edition of his work "Habitus praecipuorum populorum, tam virorum quam foeminarum singulari arte depicti....

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Amman, Jost

Weigel, Hans

Nürnberg

1577

Jost Amman."Sponsa in Silesia Quando in templum ire solet. Ein Braut in der Schlesien". 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. 27,5:17 cm (11 x 6 3/4 inch.).

Silesian brides' dress 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. - Price includes the frame (48:36 cm; 19 x 14 1/4 inch.).


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