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SADELER, Gilles.
The Twelve Months of the Year. (Menses XII anni solaris)
The set Menses XII anni solaris is ca. 1607 and dedicated to D. Ferdinando Hoffman by the engraver Egidius Sadeler. Each of the twelve plates illustrates one month, depicting the occupations for this month and showing the corresponding sign of the Zodiac in the sky. The name of the month is inscribed bottom center in a text box. Six lines of verse in Latin in the lower margin give a comment on each plate.
- Published
- N.p.n.d, [not before 1607]
- References
- Thieme-B. XXXII, 25 and XXIX, 299.
- Plates
- 12
- Binding/Size
- M=4to
- Value
- 0-5000
- Published
- N.p.n.d, [not before 1607]
- Ref
- 1377
The twelve months of the year in contemporary colouring and a contemporary binding. Oblong folio [395 x 285 mm] with 12 copperplate etchings. Bound in contemporary calf, spine ribbed with decorative gilt motifs. A SUPERB AND COMPLETE SUITE OF 12 ENGRAVINGS OF THE TWELVE MONTHS OF THE YEAR, ALL CONTEMPORARY HAND-COLOURED WITH GREAT DELICACY AND PRESERVED IN THEIR CONTEMPORARY BINDING. Wide-margined, each bears the name of a month, the sign of the zodiac, and a short commentary in Latin. Coloured plates in order: 1. Januarius. 2. Februarius. 3. Martius. 4. Aprilis. 5. Maius. 6. Junius. 7. Julius. 8. Augustus. 9. September. 10. October. 11. November. 12. December.
