Archetypa stvdiaqve patris GeorgiI HoefnageliI
By: Iacobus F: genio duc ab ipso scalpta omnibus philomusis amicé D: ac perbenigné communicat
Contributors: Hoefnagel, Jacob, 1573?-approximately 1632
Publisher: [Jacob Hoefnagel], Ann. sal. XCII. [i.e. 1592] Ætat. XVII.
Published: 1592
Place of publication: Francofurti ad Mœnum
Language: ger
Subjects: Plants; Insect forms in art and archaeology; Animals; Insects; Animal forms; Emblems; Early works to 1800; Natural history illustration; Symbolism in art; Decoration and ornament; Plant forms; Pictorial works
Other titles: Archetypa studiaque patris Georgii Hoefnagelii
Notes: Each part has its own engraved title page and 12 additional leaves.  Title pages of pts. 2 and 3 record: "excudebat Hoef." and "excud. Hoef."

Variations in the rendering of the plates may indicate different engravers at work.  Cf. Vignau-Wilberg, p. 85.

Vignau-Wilberg, T. Archetypa, p. 85-93

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