Title page, from Neüw Grotteßken Buch (New Grotesque Book)
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 in the service of all who love art, now driiven here [to this book] for something new, hoping that this should be fruitful, and whomever does not like it should pass it up.
Credit: Museum purchase through gift of the Estate of David Wolfe Bishop
1610
Engraving on laid paper
1957-162-19
Image and text © Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 2020
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