Title Page with a Bust of Cecrops, the Printer's Device of Bernhard Jobin

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Book Ilustration | Designed by Tobias Stimmer, Christoph Murer & others. [ s ] Contrafacturbuch. Ware vnd Lebendige Bildnussen etlicher weitberhümbten vnnd hochgelehrten Männer in Teutschland. So beide die Religion auch gute Künste vn Sprachen/ mit Lehren vnd Schrieben/ an Liechtstag widerumb gebracht/ in der Christenheit erweitert vnd fortgepflantzt haben. Sampt angehengten kurtzen Elogijs vnd Lobsprüchen in vier Reim gefasset. Durch Christophorum [sic] Reusnerum/ der Keys. Statt Leweberg in Schlesy Syndicum. Alles mit Bearbaitung vnd verlag/ Bernhart Jobins. Mit Röm. Keys. Mayestet Freyheit. 1587. | Contrafacturbuch. True and lifelike portraits of well known scholars in Germany who, through their writings and teaching, have brought religion, the arts and letters to light again and have expanded and spread them throughout the Christian world. Accompanied by short rhymed eulogies. By Nikolaus Reusner from the imperial city of Löwenberg in Silesia. With the cooperation of the publisher, Bernhard Jobin. | Hereafter cited as the Contrafacturbuch. | [ s ] Scolars attribute most of the woodcut designs for this series to Christoph Murer. B.65.23, B.65.33, and B.65.101 were adapted from earlier woodcuts by Stimmer. | 2 characters not reproducible.