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Virgo Nobilis sive patricia Augustana in Suecia

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Jost Amman. "Virgo Nobilis sive patricia Augustana in Suecia". Orig. woodcut, J. Amman from the first edition of his work 'Habitus praecipuorum populorum ...'. Published by H. Weigel in Nuremberg, 1577. 23:17 cm.

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Amman, Jost

Weigel, Hans

Nürnberg

1577

Jost Amman. "Virgo Nobilis sive patricia Augustana in Suecia. Die Edlen Geschlacht in Augspurg". Orig. woodcut, J. Amman 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. 23:17 cm (9 x 6 3/4 inch.) on paper sized 31:20 cm.

Young noble women's clothing in the 16th century in Augsburg. - 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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