- 269
Pinder, Ulrich
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
bidding is closed
Description
- Pinder, Ulrich
- Speculum passionis domini nostri Ihesu Christi. Nuremberg: [printer for the Sodalitas Celtica, ?Friedrich Peypus], 30 August 1507
- Paper
folio (313 x 217mm.), 39 full-page woodcuts (including 5 repeats) of which 36 are by Hans Schaufelein (those at M2v and N2v signed with his monogram and crossed-shovel device) and 3 by Hans Baldung Grien or Wolf Traut, numerous smaller woodcuts, some within ornamental two-part borders, contemporary German calf-backed wooden boards, blind-stamped with rosettes, metal clasp, lacking final blank, tears to lower margins of D1, D6 and E1 (the latter two repaired), some soiling, slightly dampstained, rebacked with new endpapers, lacking strap
Literature
Dodgson, I, 505-II, 5-17; Fairfax Murray, Early German Books 333; Holstein II, 128; VD16 P2807
Condition
Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
First edition of the first book to contain woodcuts signed by Schaufelein, considered one of the most beautiful works of the German renaissance.
With the exception of the three woodcuts attributed to Wolf Traut and Hans Baldung Grien, the illustrations were the work of Hans Schaufelein, a native of Nuremberg and student and journeyman of Albrech Dürer. The full-page woodcuts were engraved specially for this book and owe much to Dürer's influence. The small woodcuts come from Pinder's Garten des Rozenkranzes Mariae, published in Nuremberg in 1505.
This edition was probably printed by Friedrich Peypus who printed the second edition in 1519 for Georg Glockendon. Peypus published other books, including the work of the Benedictine canoness Hrosvita of Gandersheim, for the Sodalitas Celtica, a group of friends formed around the celebrated humanist Conrad Celtes.