Eleven copperplate engravings from "Armamentarium Heroicum", 1601/1603
The detailed engravings are based on preparatory drawings by Giovanni Battista Fontana and were executed by the Augsburg engraver Dominikus Custos. Published in 1601/1603 in the work “Armamentarium Heroicum” by Jakob Schrenck von Notzing (printed in Innsbruck). This Book is considered the first printed museum catalogue in the world and depicted the famous weapon collection of Archduke Ferdinand II from castle Ambrass. All engravings framed behind glass. Plate dimensions: circa 42.5 x 29 cm.
Condition: II +
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The detailed engravings are based on preparatory drawings by Giovanni Battista Fontana and were executed by the Augsburg engraver Dominikus Custos. Published in 1601/1603 in the work “Armamentarium Heroicum” by Jakob Schrenck von Notzing (printed in Innsbruck). This Book is considered the first printed museum catalogue in the world and depicted the famous weapon collection of Archduke Ferdinand II from castle Ambrass. All engravings framed behind glass. Plate dimensions: circa 42.5 x 29 cm.
Condition: II +
Reserve
Time, Location
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