Museum Plantin-Moretus Online Catalogue

Object number
MPM.HB.08055
Title
- Coat of arms of Augustus, Elector of Saxony (1526-1586)
Production date
ante quem 1583
Object name
woodblock (printing matrix)
Material
wood (plant material)
Technique
woodcut (printing process)
Acquisition date
1876-04-20
Acquisition method
purchase - Moretus, Edward
Printed in
- Pietro Bizzarri, Persicarum rerum historia in XII libros descripta, 1583, fol. [+1] verso [= verso van titelp.]
Literature
- Léon Voet, The Plantin Press, 1555-1589: a bibliography of the works printed and published by Christopher Plantin at Antwerp and Leiden, 1980-1983, nr. 727
- Kristof Selleslach, TORAD: Typografische Ornamenten Repertorium van Antwerpse Drukkers 1541-1600 [database], 2014-, DV00044