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Rerum Sacrarum Liber, Cum Argumentis Jacobi Pacti Siculi Mamertini

1577
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Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Rerum Sacrarum Liber, Cum Argumentis Jacobi Pacti Siculi Mamertini
  • Author: Written by Laurentius Gambara (ca. 1506–1596)
  • Illustrator: Illustrated by Bernardino Passeri (Italian, active Rome, ca. 1577–85)
  • Engraver: Engraved by Hieronymus (Jerome) Wierix (Netherlandish, ca. 1553–1619 Antwerp)
  • Publisher: Published by Christoph Plantin (Netherlandish, Saint-Avertin ca. 1520–1589 Antwerp) , Antwerp
  • Published in: Antwerp
  • Date: 1577
  • Dimensions: 9 7/8 x 7 in. (25.2 x 17.8 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1957
  • Object Number: 57.624
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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