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Livonica Foemina - Old prints for sale

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"Livonica Foemina. Ein Fraw in Eisland". 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...

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Amman, Jost

Weigel, Hans

Nürnberg

1577

"Livonica Foemina. Ein Fraw in Eisland". 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 cm (11 1/4 x 6 3/4 inch.).

Women's 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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