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Solitudo, sive, Vitae patrum eremicolarum
Sadeler, Jan, 1550-1600; Sadeler, Raphäel, 1584-1632; Vos, Maarten de, 1532-1603; Sadeler, Aegidius, approximately 1555-1609?
1587?
[Frankfurt am Main] : [Aegidius Sadeler]

Title: Solitudo, sive, Vitae patrum eremicolarum: per antiquissimu[m] Patrem D. Hieronimu[m] eorundem primarium olim conscripta.

Full Title: Solitudo, sive, Vitae patrum eremicolarum: per antiquissimu[m] Patrem D. Hieronimu[m] eorundem primarium olim conscripta / iam verò primum̀ æneis laminis, idq[́ue] Ioannis et Raphael Sadeler, fratru[m] impensis scalpt. & excusa.

Variant Titles: Vitae patrum eremicolarum. Solitudo. Solitvdo, sive, Vitae patrvm eremicolarum.

Physical Type/Description: 1 unnumbered pages, 29 leaves : all illustrations (engravings) ; 28 x 36 cm (folio).

Restrictions on Access: Item is part of Pitts Theology Library Special Collections;

General Note: Series of copper engraved prints after Maarten de Vos' drawings of hermits. Created in 1587 while Jan Sadeler was a citizen of Frankfurt am Main and probably printed by Aegidius Sadeler I. Cf. Grove Dictionary of Art Online. Pitts Theology Library copy bound in full calf. Citation/Reference Note: Grässe v. 6, p. 211. Hollstein, F.W.H., Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700, v. 21, p. 147-149 (nos. 377-406). Hollstein, F.W.H., Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700, v. 45, p. 203-206 (nos. 964-993).

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