Icones biblicae praecipuas Sacrae Scripturae historias eleganter & graphicè repraesentantes = Biblische Figuren, darinnen die fürnembsten historien, in heiliger vnd göttlicher Schrifft begriffen, gründtlich vnd geschichtmessig entworffen, zu nutz vnd Belüstigung Gottsförchtiger vnd kunstverständiger Personen artig vorgebilget: an Tag gegeben, durch Matthaevm Meriam ... Mit Versen vnd Reimen in dreyen Sprachen geziert vnd erkläret.

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Merian, Matthaeus, 1593-1650, Icones biblicae praecipuas Sacrae Scripturae historias eleganter & graphicè repraesentantes =, [1625-1630]

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Creator:

Merian, Matthaeus, 1593–1650

Title(s):

Icones biblicae praecipuas Sacrae Scripturae historias eleganter & graphicè repraesentantes = Biblische Figuren, darinnen die fürnembsten historien, in heiliger vnd göttlicher Schrifft begriffen, gründtlich vnd geschichtmessig entworffen, zu nutz vnd Belüstigung Gottsförchtiger vnd kunstverständiger Personen artig vorgebilget: an Tag gegeben, durch Matthaevm Meriam ... Mit Versen vnd Reimen in dreyen Sprachen geziert vnd erkläret.

Additional Title(s):

Biblische Figuren, darinnen die fürnembsten historien, in heiliger vnd göttlicher Schrifft begriffen

Iconvm biblicarvm

Noui Testamenti D.N. Iesu Christi præcipuae historiae et uisiones

Published/Created:

Strassburg : In Verlegung Lazari Zetzners seligen Erben, [1625-1630]

Physical Description:

4 parts in 1 volume : illustrations ; 16 x 21 cm

Holdings:

Rare Books and Manuscripts
N7420 .S26f+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status:

Full Orbis Record:

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/17138447

Classification:

Books

Notes:

Parts 2 and 3 have title: Iconvm biblicarvm ...
Part 4 has title: Noui Testamenti D.N. Iesu Christi præcipuae historiae et uisiones.
Parts 1-2, [4] have engraved title pages, with illustrated border; head pieces; initials.
Dedications of parts 1-3 dated 1625, 1626, and 1627, respectively. Part 3 dated 1630 on title page.
Signatures: part 1: A-P⁴ Q² (P3 signed P5); part 2: A-R⁴; part 3: a-1⁴; part 4: Aa-vu⁴.
BAC N7420 .S26f+: Imperfect: comprises 198 illustrations only (including illustrated title pages of parts 1, 2, and 4), and the letterpress title page of part 3. The illustrations have been cut out (inclusive of titles above each image) and pasted to the larger leaves of the volume (two on each recto). Bound with: P. Ovidii Nasonis Metamorphosis, oder, Sinn-reicher Gedichte von Verwandlungen (Nürnberg : Zu finden bey des Verlegers seel. Erben, 1698). The volume bound in later red leather, stamped in gold on front covers with armorial of Mark Masterman Sykes, baronet, of Sledmere, beneath the initials S.M.M. Armorial bookplates: John, Duke of Bedford; "Du cabinet de [blank]".

Subject Terms:

Bedford, John, Duke of -- Bookplate.
Bible -- Picture Bibles.
Sykes, Mark Masterman, Sir, 1771–1823 -- Binding.

Form/Genre:

Bibles.
Etchings.
Armorial bindings.

Contributors:

Zetzner, Lazarus, 1551–1616, publisher.

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