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Mattioli, Liberale, and Meyerpeck | original woodblock of ‘viola marina’, c.1561

Auction Closed

November 12, 04:34 PM GMT

Estimate

2,000 - 3,000 GBP

Lot Details

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MATTIOLI, PIETRO ANDREA—LIBERALE, GIORGIO AND WOLFGANG MEYERPECK

Original large-format woodblock of Viola marina


220 x 157mm., housed in a collector’s case facing a leaf from the Latin edition of Mattioli’s work featuring the woodcut, c.1561, minor worming, minor cracks at head


Giorgio Liberale and Wolfgang Meyerpeck first designed their large-format woodblocks for an edition of Mattioli’s Discorsi published in Prague in 1562. The blocks were re-used in subsequent editions, notably German and Latin editions printed in 1563 and 1565 respectively.