Ser, siue, Sericus vermis [graphic] / Ioan Stradanus inuent.
1591
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Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library ART Vol. f81 no.8
Details
Title
Ser, siue, Sericus vermis [graphic] / Ioan Stradanus inuent.
Variant title
SER, SIVE SERICVS VERMIS
New Hollstein title: Production of silk
New Hollstein title: Production of silk
Edition
[State 1 of 3].
Created/published
[Antwerp] : Phls. Galle excud, [ca. 1591]
Description
1 print : engraving ; plate mark 205 x 269 mm
Material base
paper
Summary
Depiction of the production of silk. In the foreground, seated to right, Emperor Justinian sits under a canopy and converses with monks; in the background, seen through a window, women look after silk worms and weave silk.
Note
Title from item.
State from New Hollstein.
Plate numbered "8." From Nova reperta, a set of 20 prints illustrating new inventions and discoveries, after drawings by Jan van der Straet. The set was published in Antwerp, first by Philips Galle (ca. 1591) and later by Karel de Mallery (after 1612), Theodoor Galle (before 1636) and Johannes Galle (before 1677) (New Hollstein).
State from New Hollstein.
Plate numbered "8." From Nova reperta, a set of 20 prints illustrating new inventions and discoveries, after drawings by Jan van der Straet. The set was published in Antwerp, first by Philips Galle (ca. 1591) and later by Karel de Mallery (after 1612), Theodoor Galle (before 1636) and Johannes Galle (before 1677) (New Hollstein).
Folger-specific note
Also cataloged as a set.
Cited/described in
New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, 1450-1700, Stradanus, Johannes 330
Baroni Vannucci, A. Jan van der Straet, detto Giovanni Stradano, 697.8
Baroni Vannucci, A. Jan van der Straet, detto Giovanni Stradano, 697.8
Linked resources
Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library ART Vol. f81 no.8
Genre/form
Prints.
Place of creation/publication
Belgium -- Antwerp.
Item Details
Call number
ART Vol. f81 no.8
Folger-specific note
Trimmed to plate mark and inlaid to larger sheet
Folger accession
202670