Foemina Honesta Genevensis - Old prints for sale

Author: Amman, Jost

Publisher: Weigel, Hans

Published: Nürnberg

Publishing year: 1577

Jost Amman. "Foemina Honesta Genevensis. Ein Weib von Genff". 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. 24:17 cm (9 1/2 x 6 3/4 inch.) on paper sized 30,5:20 cm.

Women's clothing in Geneva, Switzerland in the 16th century. - 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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