Print, book-illustration, title-page, Hans Holbein the Younger, 1517

Title-page border with children in a triumphal cortège; in upper strip two sphinxes holding a medaillon; on either side, climbing children in festoons; first used in: micaele ricci, de regibus francorum libri iii (. . ), basel, j. Froben, july 1517 (4°); this impression is used on the title page of: desiderius erasmus, aliquot epistolae (. . ), basel, j. Froben, january 1518 (4°). 1517 woodcut and letterpress. Date: 1517. Dimensions: Height: 181 mm (borderlines) Width: 120 mm. Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. Print, book-illustration, title-page (BM 1895,0122.1121)

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