Impressio librorum [graphic] / Ioan. Stradanus inuent.
1591
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Linked e-resources
Linked Resource
Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library ART Vol. f81 no.4
Details
Title
Impressio librorum [graphic] / Ioan. Stradanus inuent.
Variant title
New Hollstein title: Invention of book printing
Edition
[State 1 of 3].
Created/published
[Antwerp] : Phls. Galle excud, [ca. 1591]
Description
1 print : engraving ; plate mark 201 x 266 mm
Material base
paper
Summary
Scene in a book printer's shop. To viewer's left, several seated men set type; a proofreader wearing eyeglasses checks printed text. To viewer's right, a man operating a printing press and paper hanging out to dry. In the center, a boy adds to a pile of dry, printed sheets. In the background, a pressman inks a type form with ink balls.
Note
Title from item.
Plate numbered "4." From Nova reperta, a set of 20 prints illustrating new inventions and discoveries, after drawings by Jan van der Straet. The set was published in Antwerp, first by Philips Galle (ca. 1591) and later by Karel de Mallery (after 1612), Theodoor Galle (before 1636) and Johannes Galle (before 1677) (New Hollstein).
State from New Hollstein.
Plate numbered "4." From Nova reperta, a set of 20 prints illustrating new inventions and discoveries, after drawings by Jan van der Straet. The set was published in Antwerp, first by Philips Galle (ca. 1591) and later by Karel de Mallery (after 1612), Theodoor Galle (before 1636) and Johannes Galle (before 1677) (New Hollstein).
State from New Hollstein.
Folger-specific note
Also cataloged as a set.
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 1979-1982.
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, Yesterday's News, 1996.
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2001-2002. The Reader Revealed (catalog entry 23)
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, Yesterday's News, 1996.
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2001-2002. The Reader Revealed (catalog entry 23)
Cited/described in
New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, 1450-1700, Stradanus, Johannes 326
Baroni Vannucci, A. Jan van der Straet, detto Giovanni Stradano, 697.4
Baroni Vannucci, A. Jan van der Straet, detto Giovanni Stradano, 697.4
Linked resources
Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library ART Vol. f81 no.4
Genre/form
Prints.
Place of creation/publication
Belgium -- Antwerp.
Item Details
Call number
ART Vol. f81 no.4
Folger-specific note
Trimmed to plate mark and inlaid to larger sheet
Folger accession
202670