Sammelband of four 16th-century German books
Albrecht Dürer
(German, 1471–1528)
Ryff, Walter Hermann
(German, 1500–1548)
16th century
Medium/TechniqueIllustrated books with woodcut illustrations
DimensionsOverall: 312 x 195 mm (12 5/16 x 7 11/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of the Margaret K. Koerner and Joseph Leo Koerner family
Accession number2012.129
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Not on viewClassificationsIllustrated books
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ProvenanceProbably about the 18th century, the library of the Trinitarian Order, Vienna [see note 1]. By 1998, Ursus Rare Books, New York; 1998, sold by Ursus Rare Books to Marit Rausing and given to her former son-in-law, Joseph Koerner, London and Cambridge, MA; 2012, gift of Joseph and Margaret Koerner to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 25, 2012)
NOTE:
[1] According to an inscription on the first title page. The Trinitarian monasteries in Austria were suppressed in 1783, and their property was probably sold soon thereafter.
NOTE:
[1] According to an inscription on the first title page. The Trinitarian monasteries in Austria were suppressed in 1783, and their property was probably sold soon thereafter.
