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Artist/Maker	Van Der Straet, Jan (designer) Galle, Theodoor (publisher) Galle, Theodoor (engraver)
Place of origin	Antwerp (made)

Nova Reperta [New Inventions of Modern Times] Plate 1: The Discovery of America

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Object type	Print
Materials and techniques	Paper (Fiber Product) Printing Ink Engraving (Printing Process)
Brief description	Nova Reperta [New Inventions of Modern Times] Plate 1: The Discovery of America
Dimensions	Height: 42cm (Note: Size of album) Width: 56cm (Note: Size of album) Depth: 3.2cm (Note: Size of album)
Marks and inscriptions	(In the address Ph[i]l[lip]s removed and replaced with Theodorus.) gecott:13 Septb: 1753 (Inscribed in ink inside the back cover of the binding.) Translation ? Collated 13 September 1753 Nova Reperta & Alia (Lettered on the spine) Translation New Inventions of Modern Times & Other
Object history	Contained in an album with an early 18th-century Dutch binding, possibly from the 'Double Drawer Handle' bindery in Amsterdam (active 1697-1742?), see Jan Storm van Leeuwen, Dutch Decorated Bookbinding in the Eighteenth Century, 2006, vol I, p.228 The album contains four sets of prints and two singletons with museum numbers E.1228-1267-1904.
Associated objects	E.1228-1904 (Set) E.1230-1904 (Set) E.1231-1904 (Set) E.1232-1904 (Set) E.1233-1904 (Set) E.1234-1904 (Set) E.1235-1904 (Set) E.1236-1904 (Set) E.1237-1904 (Set) E.1238-1904 (Set) E.1239-1904 (Set) E.1240-1904 (Set) E.1241-1904 (Set) E.1242-1904 (Set) E.1243-1904 (Set) E.1244-1904 (Set) E.1245-1904 (Set) E.1246-1904 (Set) E.1247-1904 (Set)
Bibliographic references	Leesberg, Marjolein The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700: Johannes Stradanus Part III, Amsterdam, 2008. pp.5-25 Alessandra Baroni and Manfred Sellink, Stradanus, 1523-1605 : Court Artist of the Medici. Turnhout, Brepols, 2012, pp. 300-306
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.1229-1904

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O866614/print-van-der-straet/

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