1637 MYTHOLOGY early woodcut - GODDESS HEBE Cup-bearer handcoloured 17th Century

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1637 MYTHOLOGY early woodcut - GODDESS HEBE Cup-bearer handcoloured 17th Century 1637 MYTHOLOGY early woodcut - GODDESS HEBE Cup-bearer handcoloured 17th Century

Fine hand coloured 16th Century woodcut from the scarce series produced for:

Natalis Comitis: Mythologiae, Padua, 1637

Natale Conti or Latin Natalis Comes, also Natalis de Comitibus and French Noël le Comte (1520–1582) was an Italian mythographer, poet, humanist and historian. His major work Mythologiae, ten books written in Latin, was first published in Venice in 1567 and became a standard source for classical mythology in later Renaissance Europe. It was reprinted in numerous editions; after 1583, these were appended with a treatise on the Muses by Geoffroi Linocier. By the end of the 17th century, his name was virtually synonymous with mythology: a French dictionary in defining the term mythologie noted that it was the subject written about by Natalis Comes.

Size of the leaf: ca. QUARTO 15.5 x 21.5 cm

Condition: Excellent.

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