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Fürmalung und künstlich Beschreibung der Horologien
Illustrated by: Hans Holbein, the Younger (German, 1497 or 1498–1543)
Author: Sebastian Münster (German, 1489 – 1552)
Printer: Heinrich Petri (Swiss, 1508–1578)
Author: Sebastian Münster (German, 1489 – 1552)
Printer: Heinrich Petri (Swiss, 1508–1578)
1544
Place of Publication: Basel, Switzerland
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with numerous woodcuts, initials, and diagrams
Dimensions
Overall: 29.6 x 20.6 x 3.5 cm (11 5/8 x 8 1/8 x 1 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession NumberKBR216.2
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Basel: Heinrich Petri, 1544
Catalogue Raisonné
Hollstein, German, XIVA, pp. 174-77, no. 88.
Description(Basel: Heinrich Petri, 1544) Folio; 87 leaves; 19th-century half parchment, marbled paper boards, gilt-tooled red morocco spine label; dark tan cloth box. BOUND with Dürer, Underweysung der Messung (KBR216.1).
Illustrations of sundials; figurative initials. Second edition of German translation of Munster's Horologiographia of 1533; the first was 1537. Four illustrations given to Hans Holbein the Younger (see Hollstein); these illustrations were first used in his Compositio horologiorum (Basel: 1531). A folding plate of a large sun-dial is described as "missing from most editions."
Illustrations of sundials; figurative initials. Second edition of German translation of Munster's Horologiographia of 1533; the first was 1537. Four illustrations given to Hans Holbein the Younger (see Hollstein); these illustrations were first used in his Compositio horologiorum (Basel: 1531). A folding plate of a large sun-dial is described as "missing from most editions."
ProvenanceAnselm Franz Joseph Liel (book label; perhaps man of that name who was Staatsprokurator of Koblenz in early 19th cen.); Sylvester R. Koehler, Boston (1837-1900; first Curator of Prints, MFA), by whom given to MFA, October 20, 1898.