Lot 36
  • 36

Early German printing

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Description

  • A collection of 15 leaves with woodcuts, some coloured, 1473-1510, comprising:
  • Paper
Speculum humanae salvationis. [Augsburg: Gunther Zainer, 1473], folio, 2 leaves, one with woodcut of Christ praying on the Mount of Olives, the other with Christ carrying the cross; from another copy, 3 leaves with early hand-colouring, one with woodcut of Christ rising from the tomb and Samson breaking the gate of Gaza, one with a woodcut of the Deposition from the Cross, and one with the Last Supper, [Goff S670]
BOCCACCIO, Giovanni. Von etlichen Frowen. Ulm: Johannes Zainer, [c. 1474], folio, leaf xii, woodcut of the rape of Europa with early hand-colouring, [Goff B720]
VORAGINE, Jacobus de. Legenda sanctorum. Augsburg: Günther Zainer, [not after 1475], folio, two leaves, xciii (with red initial-strokes) and cciiii, with a woodcut of St Patrick and of St Dominic, [Goff J84]
VORAGINE, Jacobus de. Leben der Heiligen. Augsburg: Johann Bämler, 1480, leaf CCCIX, woodcut of St John Chrysostom with early hand-colouring, [Goff J158], slightly browned
RICHENTHAL, Ulrich von. Concilium zu Konstanz. Augsburg: Anton Sorg, 1483, folio, leaf Cxli, containing 8 woodcut armorials with early hand-colouring, [Goff R196]
VORAGINE, Jacobus de. Leben der Heiligen. Augsburg: Anton Sorg, 1488, folio, leaf clxxix (y1), small woodcut of the Three Kings with early hand-colouring, [H 9980, 3 copies recorded], small repair on verso
VORAGINE, Jacobus de. Leben der Heiligen. Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 5 December 1488, folio, leaf XCIII, woodcut of St Dominic at the papal court with early hand-colouring, [Goff J168]
Itinerarium beatae virginis Mariae. Basel: Lienhart Isenhut, c. 1489, 8vo, leaf d1, woodcut of SS Mary and Elizabeth, a few annotations on recto, [Goff I219]
AESOP. Vita et fabulae [German]. [Basel: Lienhard Isenhut, c. 1490], folio, leaf ix, two woodcuts of birds, [GW 360, 4 copies recorded]
VORAGINE, Jacobus de. Leben der Heiligen. Strassburg: Johann Grüninger, 1510, leaf CLVIII, woodcut of St Patrick with early hand-colouring

all within mounts

Condition

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