Animalium, ferarum, & bestiarum, florum, fructuum, muscarum, vermiumque: . icones variæ, omnes ad vivum delineatæ, per Wenceslaum Hollar, & in lucem editæ a Petro Stent, Londini, Ao 1663. = A new and perfect book of beasts, flowers fruits, butterflies, & other vermine, exactly drawne after ye life & naturall, by W: Hollar.
Wenceslaus Hollar (Prague 1607 - London 1677)
Category
Books
Date
1674
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire
NT 3141942
Summary
Bibliographic description
[12] leaves of plates . ill.. . obl 4to.. Bound in volume of 206 plates with manuscript contents list on front flyleaf. Provenance: manuscript inscription on front flyleaf: "Đ1.0.0 RW"; Eighteenth-century armorial bookplate, Curzon impaling Colyear, signed 'P. Mazell': 'Recte et Suaviter' (Franks 7705 2nd state- fine text) [Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Baron Scarsdale (1726-1804) m. 1750 Lady Caroline Colyear]. Binding: Eighteenth-century full leather binding; gilt tooled border; four raised bands; spine gilt decorated and spine label gilt lettered: "208 Prints. Views &c.".
Makers and roles
Wenceslaus Hollar (Prague 1607 - London 1677) John Dunstall (1644-1675) David Loggan (Gdańsk c.1634 – London 1692) John Overton (1640-1708) Peter Stent (fl.1640-1667)