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This and 21 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Ornament Designs, 1662.

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Print, Si quid melius videris

This is a Print. It was designed by Jean Toutin. It is dated 1619 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is blackwork engraving on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Advisory Council. It is credited Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 20.3 × 15.1 cm (8 in. × 5 15/16 in.) Platemark: 10.4 × 7.7 cm (4 1/8 × 3 1/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Printed lower center, in plate: 1619; Printed lower right, in plate: 2; Inscribed in graphite, lower right, in margin: Toutin; Inscribed in graphite, lower right, in margin: Suite 5

Cite this object as

Print, Si quid melius videris; Designed by Jean Toutin (French, 1578 - 1644); France; blackwork engraving on paper; H x W: 20.3 × 15.1 cm (8 in. × 5 15/16 in.) Platemark: 10.4 × 7.7 cm (4 1/8 × 3 1/16 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-261-16

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