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Christmas Card - Rudimentum novitiorum
ARCHIVAL ITEMS
greetings card
Letocha, Charles
North America: USA, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
2009
photographic paper
overall: 203 mm x 102 mm
2009.606
ARCHIVAL ITEMS
greetings card
Letocha, Charles
North America: USA, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
2009
photographic paper
overall: 203 mm x 102 mm
Christmas greetings card printed on a single-sided sheet, featuring a photographic reproduction of woodcut illustration from the Rudimentum novitiorum of 1475, believed to be the first print to show a pair of spectacles. Also an illustration of a ribbon.
2009.606
Gift of Dr C.E. Letocha, 2009