Philalethes

Author Maffeus Vegius Italian

Printer Johann Regiomontanus German

Binder Alfred Launder American

ca. 1474

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Title: Philalethes
Author: Maffeus Vegius (Italian, 1406/7–1458)
Printer: Johann Regiomontanus (German, Königsberg 1436–1476 Rome) , Nürnberg
Binder: Alfred Launder
Date: ca. 1474
Dimensions: Overall: 8 11/16 x 6 1/8 x 1/2 in. (22 x 15.5 x 1.2 cm)
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1932
Object Number: 32.68.5
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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