Livonica Praecipva Foemina vna cum Filia - Antique map

Author: Amman, Jost

Publisher: Weigel, Hans

Published: Nürnberg

Publishing year: 1577

Jost Amman."Livonica Praecipua Foemina una cum Filia. Also gehen in Eisland die gawaltigen Frawen, sampt iren Töchtern". 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. 28,5:17,5 cm (11 1/4 x 7 inch.).

Noblewomen's and their daughters' clothing in Livonia (Estonia and Latvia) 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.

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