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Herold, Johannes, Diodorus <Siculus> [Hrsg.], Dictys <Cretensis> [Hrsg.] · 1554 · 122 pictures

A 1554 German book of pagan mythology and history compiled by Johannes Herold from ancient sources including Diodorus Siculus and Dictys Cretensis, printed to explain the origins of the gods of the heathen world. Its woodcuts show flooded Nile landscapes, walled cities with siege engines, and galleys sailing among islands, drawn in dense black line with vigorous hatching and sunbursts, useful to a designer seeking early modern narrative framing devices, cartouche-like initials and crowded ship and city scenes.

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