Museum Plantin-Moretus Online Catalogue

Object number
MPM.HB.13171
Title
- Ornamental initial N, lettre cadeau (42 mm)
- Latin alphabet, lettre cadeau, grotesque decoration (42 mm)
Creator
Geoffroy Ballain (designer), Antoni van Leest (woodcutter [printmaker])
Object name
woodblock [printing matrix]
Material
wood [plant material]
Technique
woodcut [printing process]
Dimensions
Acquisition date
1876-04-20
Acquisition method
purchase - Moretus, Edward
Literature
- Max Rooses, Index characterum architypographiae Plantinianae = Proeven der lettersoorten gebruikt in de Plantijnsche drukkerij = Specimen des caractères employés dans l'imprimerie plantinienne, 1905, II, nr. 5 [N]
- Stephen Harvard, Ornamental initials: the woodcut initials of Christopher Plantin: a complete catalogue, 1974, nr. 40 [N]