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Titlepage

Titlepage
(1658)
for De Hibernia & Antiquitatinus ejus Disquisitiones (Inquiries into the Antiquities of Ireland) by Sir James Ware, published by John Crooke, London, 1658, 2nd edition

Medium
etching

Measurements
15.6 × 9.7 cm (image) 15.8 × 10.0 cm (sheet, trimmed within platemark)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1923

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
London, England

Catalogue/s Raisonné
New Hollstein 1664; Pennington 2667

Edition
only state

Printing/Publishing
printed by E. Tyler

Inscription
printed in ink (in image) l.l.: W.Hollar f:
printed in ink (in image) u.c.: HIBERNIA ANTIQVA.
printed in ink (in image) l.c.: HIBERNIA / Dives Lactis ac Mellis Inſula, / —Cervorum venatu inſignis. / Ven. Bed. Eccleſ. Hist. Lib 1. Cap 1.

Accession Number
1278.1372-3

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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