Johann Froben, Hans Holbein, Urs Graf, Ambrosius Holbein, Tacitus: Historia Augusta actionum diurnalium, paper, leather, letterpress, woodcut, total (book cover): Height: cm; width: 22 cm, Book decoration, Renaissance, The Basel edition of the Roman historian Tacitus from the Officine of Johann Froben is a splendidly designed print with ornamental frame strips in woodcut by Ambrosius and Hans Holbein as well as Urs Graf. The title frame shows the Varus Battle at the top and the slander of the Apelles at the bottom, the pages are flanked by the personifications of the virtues.

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