Epistole Phalaridis Noviter Impresse / The Letters of Phalaris

1505

Italian 16th Century

Artist

Plutarch

Author, Greek, c. 45 - c. 125

Phalaris

Author, Greek, -570 - -554

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    Text occupies pp. 1-87 of the Sammelband. Wood-engraved title border; two woodcut initials (pp. 9 and 24); three wood-engraved initials (pp. 35, 44, and 51)

  • Credit Line

    Anonymous Gift

  • Dimensions

    page size: 15.4 x 10 cm (6 1/16 x 3 15/16 in.)
    overall: 21.9 x 15.1 cm (8 5/8 x 5 15/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2002.60.1.a

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Meder, no. 281

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Associated Artworks

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Sammelband

Italian 16th Century, Plutarch, Albrecht Dürer

1503

Sammelband

Albrecht Dürer, Italian 16th Century, Plutarch

1503

Sammelband

Albrecht Dürer, Italian 16th Century, Plutarch

1503

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Bibliotheca Laneana, 1757; Dr. Liebenall, 1838; Herimanni; Josephus Salzbergius; Bernard Quaritch, Ltd., London; Anonymous gift to NGA, 2002.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

title page lower right in graphite: Ebert 16665; lower center: AC

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