Caption
Title page for: C. Forstner, C. Cornelii Taciti, notæ politicæ, Que sunt Continuatio, 1652, Apollo under a laurel tree, print, title page, Text sheet with the title in letterpress in Latin. In the center the printer's mark of the publisher Franciscus Moyaerd: Apollo with his lyre, under a laurel tree. At the bottom an imprint in Latin., Leiden, printmaker: Reinier van Persijn, publisher: Franciscus Moyaerd, Reinier van Persijn, Franciscus Moyaerd, printmaker, publisher, paper, woodcut, letterpress printing, woodcut and letterpress, height 119 mm x width 61 mm, Title page for: Forstner, C., Ad libros Annalium XI, XII, XIII, second edition. Leiden: Franciscus Moyaerd, 1652., trees: laurel, Apollo playing the lyre, Apollo Citharoedus, The image shows an aged printed page with rows of large, stylized printed text at the top and middle, and a woodcut illustration below. The woodcut depicts a leafy tree with a ribbon spiraling around its trunk and a standing robed figure to the right of the tree holding a small object; the figure is surrounded by a radiating halo-like pattern. The paper has a textured, slightly yellowed appearance with small spots and imperfections.
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Photo12/Liszt Collection
Reference
LZT26A95_166
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58.0Mb (11.3Mb) / 10.6in x 21.3in / 3168 x 6403 (300dpi)