Title page, from Neüw Grotteßken Buch (New Grotesque Book), Christoph Jamnitzer, German, 1563 - 1618, Engraving on laid paper, Within an eleborate frame resembling a domed building with columns is the suite title and a vine line inscription (in German script) with the date. At the side, fantastic beasts sit on the capitals, and drop fishing lines into basins held on the backs of fauns, below., Translation of title: 'New Grotesque Book, invented graded and published by Christopher Jamnitzer, citizen and goldsmith in Nuremberg. Very old antique temple full of brand new strange oddities

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