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Pictores operis, Heinricus Fullmaurer, Albertus Meyer, sculptor Vitus Rodolph Speckle

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Portraits of the three men who created the illustrations for this botanical book. Heinrich Füllmaurer transferring drawing to woodblock, Albrecht Meyer drawing the plant on the table, and Veit Rudolph Speckle, who cut the blocks. Believed to be the first printed book to include portraits of its artists. (Source: Seeing is believing, New York Public Library, 2001.)

Illus. in: De historia stirpium commentarii / Leonhart Fuchs. Basileae : In Officina Isingriniana, 1542.

Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 50.

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maher albrecht active 1540 fullmaurer heinrich specklin veit rudolph engravings book illustrations portrait prints pictores operis pictores operis heinricus fullmaurer heinricus fullmaurer albertus meyer albertus meyer sculptor vitus rodolph speckle vintage illustration 1542 public library veit rudolph speckle sculptor vitus rodolph speckle engraving library of congress
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01/01/1542
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Speckle, Veit Rudolph, active 1540, engraver
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maher albrecht active 1540 fullmaurer heinrich specklin veit rudolph engravings book illustrations portrait prints pictores operis pictores operis heinricus fullmaurer heinricus fullmaurer albertus meyer albertus meyer sculptor vitus rodolph speckle vintage illustration 1542 public library veit rudolph speckle sculptor vitus rodolph speckle engraving library of congress