1743 History Of The German People Theorena Commits Suicide Phillip Of Macedonia
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for a detailed view.This is a leaf of early printingfrom a three volume Historical Chronicle of the Germanic peoplesby J. L. Gottfried. The overall scope encompassed historical, biblical and mythical perspectives of history. It was printedin Frankfurt by Philipp Heinrich Hutter 1743-59 from plates acquiredfrom Matthäus Merian the Elder's "Theatrum Europaeum". The folio size leaf measures 355 x 205 mm. and contains variouslines of gothic fracture type. There ...is a 100 x 140 mm. woodcutdepicting Theorena daughter of Herodicus and her family committingsuicide while being pursued by ships of king Philip of Macedonia.The versocontains the same type and layout, (Graesse III, 122Anm; WuthrichIII, 80.8; Bachmann S41) This leaf contains staining.A Great Gift For Any Manuscript Collector We Now Accept PayPal! We Ship Worldwide. Please Contact Us For a Free Shipping Quote!
