After Jan van der Straet
THE INVENTION OF BOOK PRINTING (IMPRESSIO LIBRORUM) (NEW HOLLSTEIN 326), circa 1591
Engraving
AFTER JAN VAN DER STRAET, CALLED STRADANUS 1523 - 1605 THE INVENTION OF BOOK PRINTING (IMPRESSIO LIBRORUM) (NEW HOLLSTEIN 326) Engraving by Philips Galle with (presumably later) hand-colouring, circa 1591, from New Inventions of Modern Times (Nova Reperta) , New Hollstein's second state (of three), with the address of Ioan Galle, on paper with a Cross and Interlaced 'C' watermark, unframed plate: 200 by 265mm 7⅞ by 10⅜in sheet: 240 by 310mm 9½ by 12⅛in