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Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, 1459–1519

Albert Durer's designs of the prayer book.

1817

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Albert Durer's designs of the prayer book, London, R. Ackermann's lithographic press, 1817, Yale Center for British Art.




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  • Title(s)

    Albert Durer's designs of the prayer book.

  • Published/Created

    London, R. Ackermann's lithographic press, 1817.

  • Physical Description

    2 p.., 3-8 p. 43 plates, port., facsim. 37 cm.

  • Holdings

    Rare Books and Manuscripts
    NC1055 D84 1817+ Copy 2 Oversize
    Accessible in the Study Room [Request]

    Rare Books and Manuscripts
    NC1055 D84 1817+ Copy 1 Oversize
    Accessible in the Study Room [Request]

  • Copyright Status

    Copyright Not Evaluated

  • Classification

    Books

  • Notes

    Friedman, J. Color printing in England, 1486-1870, 120
    Abbey, J.R. Life in England in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 202
    Selected exhibitions: "Color Printing in England, 1486-1870" (Yale Center for British Art, 20 April-25 June, 1978).
    BAC : British Art Center has two copies. Copy 1 is the Abbey copy, and has a printed note tipped in which possibly accompanied an original issue in parts. In copy 2 the portrait has been bound in as a frontispiece.
    Introduction signed: J.B. Bernhart.
    The designs are copied from J.N. Strixner's lithographic copies of the originals in the prayer book, ordered and compiled by Emperor Maximilian I.
  • Subject Terms

    Drawing, German.

  • Contributors

    Bernhart, J. B. (Johann Baptist), 1758–1821. | Catholic Church. Liturgy and ritual. | Dürer, Albrecht, 1471–1528. | Strixner, Johann Nepomuk, 1782–1855.

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Color Printing in England, 1486-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, April 20, 1978-June 25, 1978) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]

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