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Vita epistole (Life and Letters)
Author: Saint Jerome (died 419 or 420)
Illustrated by: Unidentified artist, Italian, 15th century
Printer: Lorenzo de' Rossi (Italian, active 1482–1499)
Illustrated by: Unidentified artist, Italian, 15th century
Printer: Lorenzo de' Rossi (Italian, active 1482–1499)
1497
Place of Publication: Ferrara, Italy
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with numerous woodcuts
Dimensions
Overall: 32.3 x 23.5 x 5.4 cm (12 11/16 x 9 1/4 x 2 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
George Nixon Black Fund
Accession Number35.655
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Ferrara: Lorenzo de' Rossi, 12 October 1497
Catalogue Raisonné
Goff H-178; BMC VI 614; Sander 3404
Description(Ferrara: Lorenzo de' Rossi, 12 October 1497) Folio; 274 leaves; modern blind- and gilt-stamped brown morocco binding by W. Pratt.
Selected illustrations: Birth of St. Jerome (prelim. fol. 2r); portrait of author in study (a1v); Jerome writing letter, delivery to Pope Damasus (a2r); Saint Martin (K4r)
Selected illustrations: Birth of St. Jerome (prelim. fol. 2r); portrait of author in study (a1v); Jerome writing letter, delivery to Pope Damasus (a2r); Saint Martin (K4r)
ProvenanceLeo S. Olschki; Edward Perry Warren (1860-1928); his heir John Marshall, from whom purchased by MFA, May 2, 1935.