Travel, Atlases, Maps and Natural History
Travel, Atlases, Maps and Natural History
Auction Closed
November 12, 04:34 PM GMT
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
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.