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Image number: RS.9959
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Coat of arms from 'Cocordatia astronomie cu theologia'
Date
1490
Object type
Library reference
R60971
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 160mm
width (print): 115mm
width (print): 115mm
Description
Coat of arms featuring a figure holding the intertwined serpents of the caduceus. From the endpapers of Cocordatia astronomie cu theologia, by Petrus de Aliacus (Auguste Vindelicorum, 1490).
Object history
The text advertises the work as a publication by Erhard Ratdolt, an early German printer from Augsburg who may be considered as the first publisher of 'scientific' books, and who made significant innovations in mixing type and woodcuts on the printed page.
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