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Recueil de figures sur bois
Pourtraicts divers
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Collection of 46 woodcut book illustrations
Recueil de figures sur bois
Pourtraicts divers
Illustrated by: Bernard Salomon (French, about 1508–about 1561)
Publisher: Jean de Tournes (French, 1504–1564)
Publisher: Jean de Tournes (French, 1504–1564)
About 1556–57
Place of Publication: Lyons, France
Medium/Technique
Album of 46 woodcuts
Dimensions
Overall: 15.4 x 10.3 x 0.9 cm (6 1/16 x 4 1/16 x 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession Number64.741
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Lyons: Jean de Tournes, about 1556-1557
Catalogue Raisonné
Papillon, Gravure en bois, I, pp. 214-15
Description(Lyons: Jean de Tournes, about 1556-1557) Octavo; 48 leaves; nineteenth-century gilt-stamped tan morocco.
Proof illustrations of stage sets, portrait heads, signs of the zodiac, emblems, etc.
Proof illustrations of stage sets, portrait heads, signs of the zodiac, emblems, etc.
ProvenanceHenry Huth (1815-1878); W.G. Russell Allen, Boston (1882-1955), by whom bequeathed to MFA, April 8, 1964.