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Mira Calligraphiae Monumenta From The Library Of The Emperor Rudolf II
Published by Thames & Hudson London & New York 1992, 1992
£ 149.87
Convert currency£ 12.08 shipping from Australia to United KingdomQuantity: 1 available
Add to basket18.0 x 13.0cms (ie facsimile of the original miniature work) 412pp colour illusts very good+ hardback & dustwrapper in a much larger (31.0 x 25.0cms) box. Some one has whited out an owner''s signature. Bocskay the calligrapher was the imperial secretary to the Holy Roman Emperor when he penned the manuscript in 1561-62. He had assembled a vast selection of works on writing. Hoefnagel the miniaturist painter embellished his work for Emperor Rudolf II - creating ''the first extensive exploration of the relation of painting to writing''. This edition has scholarly commentaries and biographies of both artists. The J Paul Getty Museum acquired the original in 1986. Scarce edition.
