MIRA CALLIGRAPHIAE MONUMENTA.
Malibu: J. Paul Getty Museum, 1992. large 12mo. cloth, cloth-covered slipcase. x, 412 pages. First edition. A fine copy in fine slipcase. In the 1560's, the imperial secretary of Ferdinand I, G. Bocskay (d.1575) produced a model book of calligraphy, mostly on vellum and decorated with gold and silver. About 1590, the Flemish miniaturist J. Hoefnagel (1576-1612), court artist for Rudolf II (grandson of Ferd. I) added illuminations to the model book at the request..... READ MORE about MIRA CALLIGRAPHIAE MONUMENTA
Price: $175.00 Order nr. 52257