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Brontius, Nicolaus, 1513-, Goinus, Antonius, active 1537-1544, printer, Serrure, Constant Philippe, 1805-1872, former owner, Yemeniz, Nicolas, 1775-1871, former owner, Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) · 1541 · Antuerpiae : Typis A. Goini, 1541. · 9 pictures

This is a Latin poem of 1541 by Nicolaus Brontius, printed in Antwerp by Antonius Goinus, addressed to the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V. The pages pair a large woodcut of Hercules with small historiated initials, each opening a column of verse in a black-letter-and-roman type setting. The woodcuts are crisp black line work with dense hatching, and a designer might borrow the framed initial letter and the compact justified columns of text as a classical layout model.

Antwerp · Belgium · Charles · Holy roman emperor · Latin poetry (medieval and modern) · Poetry · V

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