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Speciosvs Forma Prae Filiis Hominvm (Psalms 45:2)

Speciosvs Forma Prae Filiis Hominvm (Psalms 45:2)

4591D
Artist
Workshops of Pedro Ocharte and Antonio Ricardo 
Title
Speciosvs Forma Prae Filiis Hominvm (Psalms 45:2)
Date
Originally printed by Ocharte and Ricardo in Mexico City in 1578; reprinted by Ricardo in Lima in 1584.
Medium
Woodcut (75mm x 75mm) with an R added by letterpress relief (metalcut). Illustration to folio 73v of Doctrina Christiana y Catecismo […] Compuesto por auctoridad del Concilio Prouincial, que se celebro en la Ciudad de los Reyes el año de 1583[.] Impresso en la Ciudad de los Reyes por Antonio Ricardo, primero impressor en estos Reynos del Piru. Año de MDLXXXIIII.
Location
Antigua Imprenta de Antonio Ricardo, Lima, Perú.
Photo Source
Biblioteca Nacional del Perú
Note
Evidence that an R has been added by a metalcut: (a) the shape of this R differs from that of the one printed elsewhere in the text (i.e. the R in FORMA), (b) it is misaligned vis-à-vis the other letters of the word, and (c) there are no signs of embedding a new R-block within the original woodblock. The impression at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid likewise seems to have an R letterpressed in.
Item
4591D