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Description
Consists of two series of 20 leaves, one lettered a-v and the second .a.-.v.. Leaves printed on one side only. Printed in brown ink. Huntington Library copy is an early impression of Schreiber edition VI, as the newly recut plates p-q, .c.-.d., .l.-.m. and .t.-.v. do not show the damage to the woodblocks seen in other copies of edition VI. Imperfect: ten leaves lacking (leaves a-b, g-m and .n.-.o.). Many leaves faded. Huntington Library copy misbound when rebound for Pembroke; now in following order: leaves c-f, .p.-.t., v, .v., .a.-.m., n-t. Leaf v detached and kept in a separate folder. Blank leaves pasted together; most leaves faded. Binding: 19th century English gilt-tooled red morocco, in red morocco solander case.
Type
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Date
[approximately 1464-1465]
Call number
92581
Provenance
Purchased from George D. Smith, June 27, 1914. Shelfmark "Kk.9" of Thomas Herbert, Earl of Pembroke on free endpaper at beginning.
Restrictions
RESTRICTED. Available with curatorial approval. Requires extended retrieval and delivery time.
Dimensions
30 cm (folio)
Associated people
Ortelius, Abraham, (1527-1598,)
Pembroke, Thomas Herbert, (1656-1733,)
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