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Herbarium

Author Pseudo-Apuleius Platonicus North African (?)
1483–84
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Herbarium
  • Author: Pseudo-Apuleius Platonicus (North African (?), active 4th century CE)
  • Publisher: Johannes Philippus de Lignamine (Italian, Messina, 1428–ca. 1500 Rome)
  • Dedicatee: Cardinal Giuliano della Rovere (Pope Julius II) (Italian, Albisola 1443?–1513 Rome)
  • Published in: Rome
  • Date: 1483–84
  • Medium: Woodcut, some hand colored
  • Dimensions: Overall: 8 1/2 x 5 7/8 x 1 1/4 in. (21.6 x 15 x 3.2 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1944
  • Object Number: 44.7.1
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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