ALBRECHT DURER (NUREMBERG/ GERMAN, 1471-1528), "THE HERMITS ST. PAUL AND ST. ANTHONY",, WOODCUT, C. 1504, BARTSCH 107, HOLLSTEIN 107, WITH THE ARTIST'S MONOGRAM AT LOWER RIGHT, A VERY GOOD IMPRESSION WITH THREAD MARGI...Albrecht Durer (Nuremberg/ German, 1471-1528), "The Hermits St. Paul and St. Anthony", woodcut, c. 1504, Bartsch 107, Hollstein 107, with the artist's monogram at lower right, a very good impression with thread margins or just to the printed border, a very good impression, on light laid paper with an indistinct watermark, some minor thin areas in the paper, 216 x 146 mm, 8 ½" h. x 5 ¾" w. [PROVENANCE: Ex Coll: H S T (not in Lugt) stamped with brown ink, verso.]
AUGUSTINUS, AURELIUS, Saint. De civitate Dei. Large woodcut on verso in 2 compartments showing St. Augustine above and the Two Cities below. [362] leaves. bound after his: De summa Trinitate. [116] leaves. Together, 2 volumes in one, each with title in red and black with printer's device within woodcut historiated border by Urs Graf. Folio, 306x211 mm, contemporary blind-tooled pigskin over wooden boards, lacking catches and clasps, small wormholes through covers and front and back of contents slightly affecting some text; paper corrosion along fore edge of first and last few leaves, marginal dampstaining on opening leaves of De summa Trinitate. Rheinfelden Capuchin ownership inscription; signatures of Johannes Kaininiger dated 1519; Christophorus Aichinger, 1550; Burghard Herbort, 1590; and Jacob Bürg or Bürgi, 1597. (Basel: Adam Petri for Johann Koberger in Nuremberg) 1515; 1515- 3,000
RITHAYMER, Georg.De Orbis terrarum situ compendium. Nuremberg: Johann Petri, 1538. [8],111pp. Full-page woodcut diagram of the earth within the circles of the tropics, equator and anatarctic great circle.[bound with:] LORITUS, Henricus Glareanus. De Geographia Liber Unus. Freiburg: Joannes Faber, 1536. 36,[1] ff. Title with woodcut printers device, 19 woodcut diagrams in text, including one to construct globe gores. With final blank. [bound with:] LANGE, Johann. Pro christianis contra Turcas Elegia. Vienna: Johan Singrenius, 1539. [32] ff. 4to (195 x 144 mm). With final blank. The three works bound in one volume. Contemporary German calf, panelled in blind with decorative borders incorporating portrait roundells, "Gographiae" lettered in the top panel of upper cover, spine with raised bands, later leather ties; cloth folder, half morocco slipcase. Condition: old institutional stamp on title not affecting text, a few old or contemporary marginal manuscript notes, faint spotting to a few leaves; spine rebacked, repairs to board edges, loss at upper front forecorner; spine rubbed with some exposure of cords in the raised bands. Provenance: 3 pp. subject index in a contemporary hand comprising four preliminaries.Acquisition: purchased from William Reese Company, (2001), $12,000. an interesting sammelband of early 16th century geographical texts, the rithaymer a great rarity and an important early geography, and the glareanus a second edition of the the first work to show a description of drawing a map for a globe using gore construction. The last chapter of Rithaymer, "De Terris et Insulis nuper repertis," ("On the islands and lands recently discovered") is devoted to the Americas, with Vespucci heralded as the New World's discoverer. Referernces to Mexico, Haiti, Cuba, and Brazil are included as are reports on the two islands discovered under the auspices of Ferdinand and Isabella, the discoverer not mentioned. European Americana 538/10. Sabin 71582. JCB (3)1:124-5. OCLC 40522276 (two copies only)
Hartmann Schedel. The Last Judgement, woodcut
(German, 1440-1514). Page from the Nuremberg Chronicle, 1493, 14 x 9 in., framed
103. Attributed to Michael Wolgemut (German, 1434-1519)
Woodcut, attributed to Wolgemut and Wilhelm Pleydenwurff for the Franciscan Stephan Fridolin's "Schatzbehalter oder schrein der waren reichtuemer des hails vnnd ewyger seligkeit" in Nuremberg, Germany. This woodcut is dated circa 1491 and numbered 148 in ink in right upper margin. Verso has a two column page of German text. Paper apprx 11-1/2" x 8-1/4", image apprx 10" x 7".
300/500 Sold: $161.00
Albrecht Durer (after) (Nuremberg, 1471-1528) CHRIST APPEARS TO THE DISCIPLES AT EMMAUS (The Small Passion, c. 1510) woodcut, framed, signed in plate, image H5 1/2" W4 1/4" Provenance: North Carolina private collection Condition statement: Appears to be in good condition, not examined out of frame.
THE BUILDING OF NOAH'S ARK, PLATE XI, FROM "THE NUREMBERG CHRONICLE," 1493.
Consisting of a double-sided page of German text in Gothic lettering illustrated with two handcolored woodcut engravings, the illustrations by the workshop of Michael Wolgemut, the book published by Anton Koberger, Nuremberg, 1493. 17 x 12 inches. Accompanied by typescript translation in English.
[Schedel, Hartmann.] Liber Chronicarum. A. Koberger, Nuremberg, 1493, First edition of the Nuremberg Chronicle, 328 leaves, including 3 blanks at the end, upwards of 1,800 woodcuts including double page maps of the world and of Europe, and numerous views of cities, large folio, f. CLXIX washed and supplied from a shorter copy, minor soiling, quite extensive contemporary or near contemporary annotation and ink comic embellishments to the view of Nuremberg, perhaps suggesting local ownership, 18th century English panelled calf, rebacked with morocco, cloth slipcase
Incunabula Leaves, Nuremberg Chronicle, Two Framed Leaves, One Hand-colored. Folio thirty-seven, text in Latin, with a description of one of the Trojan Wars on the recto, with eight woodcut portraits of related rulers; the text on the verso is an abridgement of several chapters from Numbers 25, illustrated with nine portraits in the margins; [and] Folio 195 from a German edition of the text, hand-colored, with one small woodcut of Bishop Hildebert of Lavardin (c. 1055-1133) and the spear that pierced Christ's side on the recto, and a large woodcut of a Cistercian monastery on the verso, with woodcuts of two abbots beneath; each leaf matted in its own modern, gilt, double-glazed frame. (2) Estimate $250-350 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.
(HOLY LAND.) Schedel, Hartmann. Hiericho. Hand-colored half-page woodcut illustration of Jericho from the Latin language edition of Schedel's Nuremberg Chronicle, on full folio sheet with text; image somewhat muddied by sizing. [Nurember, 1493]- 300
SCHEDEL, HARTMANN. Pisa. Half-page woodcut illustration from the Latin language edition of Schedel's Nuremberg Chronicle, on full folio sheet with text; small descriptive label mounted on recto. [Nuremberg, 1493]- 500
HENRY GLINTENKAMP (AMERICAN 1887-1946), NUREMBERG, ALBERT DURER'S HOUSE, PLATE FROM A. WANDERED IN WOODCUTS, FRAMED, 15-5/8 X 12-5/8 IHenry Glintenkamp (American 1887-1946), Nuremberg, Albert Durer's House, Plate from A. Wandered in Woodcuts, Framed, 15-5/8 x 12-5/8 i
Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1527) Alberti Dureri Clarissimi Pictoris et Geometra de Sym[m]etria Partium in Rectis Formis Hu[m]anorum Corporum: Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1527) Alberti Dureri Clarissimi Pictoris et Geometra de Sym[m]etria Partium in Rectis Formis Hu[m]anorum Corporum. Libri in Latinum Conversi. Nuremberg: Iin aedibus Viduce Durerianae, 1532. Small folio, [bound with] Dürer's De Varietate Figurarum et Flexuris Partium ac Gestib[us] Imaginum Libri Duo, Nuremberg: Per Hieronymum Formschender in aedibus Viduce Durerianae, 1534; first title with large woodcut of the artist's initials at the foot, text in gothic type profusely illustrated with text woodcuts in both works; four folding plates in the second work (browned along outermost folds and formerly broken, now repaired); bound in full modern black calf, tooled in blind, blind title on front board by Fred Shihadeh in 1984 (with receipt for the work); browning, toning, and repairs to folding plates, two ownership inscriptions inked over on first title, first title reinforced along fore-margin verso with Japanese tissue, some spotting, tears, stains, 11 3/4 x 7 3/4 in. . . I: A-E6, F4, G-N6, O4 (O4 blank & present); II: a4, b-e6, f4, g-i6, k5 (lacking final blank k6); folding plates in signatures are equal to two leaves. . Estimate $6, 000-8, 000 . . . Items may have wear and tear, imperfections, or the effects of aging. Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.
Schedel, Hartmann (1440-1514) Registrum huius Operis Libri Cronicarum cum Figuris et Ymaginibus ab Inicio Mundi, [Liber Chronicarum, Nu: Schedel, Hartmann (1440-1514) Registrum huius Operis Libri Cronicarum cum Figuris et Ymaginibus ab Inicio Mundi, [Liber Chronicarum, Nuremberg Chronicle]. Nuremberg: Antong Koberger, 12 July 1493. First edition, folio, 326 leaves (including final blank), illustrated with double-page woodcut map of Europe, and numerous woodcuts of all sizes throughout by Wohlgemut, Pleydenwurff and Albrecht Dürer, viz. , 1, 809 woodcuts in 645 blocks, including forty-two large city views; bound in later full red Italian morocco, ruled and tooled in gilt on boards and spine, ex libris the Palatine Medici Library at the Pitti Palace in Florence, with the Lorena and Medici family arms tooled in gilt at the foot of the spine, the old shelf number 3618 on ffep; the volume later conveyed to the Magliabechiana Library, with their stamp on the title page, accompanied by their duplicate stamp, "MD" (Magliabechiano Duplicato), with copies of a 1984 letter concerning this volume, confirming the provenance from Antonietta Morandini at the Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana; binding somewhat rubbed, first six and last two leaves with some paper repairs, a few small repairs to other leaves (mostly corners without loss), the map slightly defective with loss to the top right corner and the left margin somewhat ragged, some moderate stains to preliminary and terminal leaves, 16 7/8 x 12 in. . . Goff S307; HC 14508*; GfT 1158; Klebs 889. 1; Schr 5203; Schramm XVII p. 9; Walsh 726, 727, 728, 729, 730, 731, 732; Oates 1026, 1027, 1028, 1029; Rhodes (Oxford Colleges) 1595; Bod-inc S-108; Sheppard 1520-1521; Pr 2084; BMC II 437; BSB-Ink S-195; GW M40784. . Estimate $30, 000-40, 000 . . . Items may have wear and tear, imperfections, or the effects of aging. Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.
Large Group Books about Early Printing: Large group of 28 books, predominantly about early printing. Includes "Pages From The Gutenburg Bible"; "International Chalcographical Society"; " The Nuremberg Chronicle. A Facsimile of Hartman Schedels Buchder Chroniken"; " A Selection of Books Manuscrips Engravings and Autograph Letters Remarkable for Their Interest & Rarity"; "Das Alte Buch und Seine Ausstattung"; " Eglise Et La Bible"; " Die Geschichte Vom Ritter Von Staufengerg"; " The Book in Italy During the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries Shown in the Facsimile Reproductions of the Most Printed Volumes"; " Rare Books and Manuscripts"; "The Nuremberg Chronicle"; " History of Woodcut vol. II"; " Historical Catalogue of Printed Bibles"; " Early Printed Books and Manuscripts"; " Selections From the Famous Libraries of the Most Hon. The Marquess of Lothian"(two copies); " Early Low-German Bibles"; " Das XV. Und XVI. Jahrhundert In Schrift Und Druck"; " History of Woodcut vol. I"; " Books on Printing Bibliography Illuminated Manuscrpts & Bokkbinding"; " The Study of Incunabula"(two copies); " Henry Walters' Collection of XVth Century Books"; " Early Illustrated Books 15th-16"; "The Legendary History of the Cross: A Series of Sixty-four Woodcuts. "SKU: 02342 Follow us on Instagram: @revereauctions Condition Please contact us for a detailed condition report. Please note that the lack of a condition statement does not imply perfect condition. Email condition@revereauctions. com with any condition questions.
87. Michael Wolgemut (German, born c.1434-1519)
"The Crucifixion" an original woodcut by Michael Wolgemut and Wilhelm Pleydenwurff for the Franciscan Stephan Fridolin's "Schatzbehalter oder schrein der waren reichtuemer des hails vnnd ewyger seligkeit" in Nuremberg, Germany. This woodcut is dated c.1491. Page measures apprx 11-1/2" H x 7-1/4" W. With mat this piece measures apprx 14" H x 11" W.
400/600 Sold: $1,736.50
(ALMANAC.) Praetorius, Johannes. Schreyb Kalender . . . Auff das Jar M.D.LXXX. Mit sampt den Evangelien, auff alle Sontag im gantzen Jar. Woodcut historiated and ornamental borders, vignettes of scenes from the life of Christ, and headpieces depicting seasonal labors. [14] leaves. Printed and red and black throughout. 4to, 208x158 mm, disbound; scattered stains, extensive annotations by a contemporary owner. Nuremberg: Valentin Neuber, [1579?]The Sunday Gospels noted on the title are only illustrated chapter references. Not located in VD16, USTC, KVK, OCLC, or NUC.
SCHEDEL, Hartmann (1440-1514).Das Buch der Croniken und Geschichten. Nuremberg: Anton Koberger for Sebald Schreyer and Sebastian Kammermeister, 23 December 1493. Imperial folio (451 x 310 mm). 297ff. (of 298, lacking one blank), [1]-[11], f.I-Blat CCLXXXVI). Translated by George Alt. Table and parts of text in double column. 62 lines (variable) and headline, Gothic letter, xylographic title-page. 645 hand-colored woodcut illustrations by Michael Pleydenwurff and Willem Wohlgemut repeated to a total of 1809, some full-page and others double-page, a double page map of Europe at verso of colophon. Contemporary blind-stamped pigskin over beveled wooden boards, six raised bands with ms. title to first and second compartment, two brass clasps, blue edges. Condition: tear in world map at lower left neatly repaired, a few short repairs in Europe, section of map at lower left restored; tear in text of fols. CLXXII & CCLXXXV repaired; some other repairs in margins, occasionally affecting text, paragraph of text on fol. CLXIX verso crossed through; some stains and marginal soiling, lacking a blank leaf before the map of Europe; lower joint splitting, neat repair to upper joint, pigskin lightly soiled, corners slightly worn. Provenance: unidentified armorial stamp on title-page; early inscription to title-page effaced.Acquistion: sale Sotheby’s London, 6 June 2000, lot 124, $176,720first edition in german. the most extensively illustrated book of the 15th century, fully colored by a contemporary hand. The German edition printed simultaneously with the original Latin edition, the Liber Chronicarum, of July 1493. However, George Alt’s translation was issued some five months later, on 23 December.The maps and views are all by or after Michael Wohlgemut and his stepson Willem Plydenwurff and are among the first to appear in print. Wohlgemut, an important painter and xylographer, is perhaps best known as having been an early teacher of Albrecht Dürer, who apprenticed in Wohlgemut's workshop from 1486 to 1489. It is believed that Dürer, also Koberger’s godson, was involved in the production of several of the illustrations in Schedel's work. The significance of Wohlgemut's and Pleydenwurff's innovations for the development of a new woodcut style, also to be seen in their “Schatzbehalter” of 1491, is emphasized by the fact that they are the first artists ever to be named in the colophon of a book.The Chronicle is filled with woodcuts of exceptionally high quality depicting a vast range of Biblical and historical subjects, and including many detailed views of contemporary European cities, which are of great topographic interest. A number of the major European Cities are referenced, including Rome, Venice, Paris, Vienna, Florence, Genoa, Saltzburg, Krakow, Breslau, Budapest, Prague, and major cities in the Middle East, including Jerusalem, Alexandria, Constantinople, as well as a number of cities in what would become the German Empire. The text covers a widespread history of the world from Creation to the time of its publication. It encompasses not only the Old and New Testaments, and classical and medieval history, but such recent and contemporary events as the invention of printing in Mainz, the exploration of the Atlantic and of Africa and the heresy of Wycliffe and the Hussites. This vernacular German edition was the first history of the world printed in any language other than Latin, and it is notably rarer than the Latin edition, having been printed in a considerably smaller edition. In the past 30 years auction records retain 35 sold of the German edition to over 188 of the Latin.BMC II, p.437; HC *14510; Goff S309; Klebs 890.1; Proctor 2086; Schreiber 5205
DÜRER, ALBRECHT (1471 Nuremberg 1528), RENAISSANCE.Samson killing the lion. Brown pen drawing on wove paper. 37 x 34.5 cm. Enlarged near contemporary partial copy of Albrecht Dürer's woodcut "Samson tötet den Löwen" of 1497/98 (Meder 107; Schoch/Mende/Scherbaum 127). Framed. - Numerous small holes through ink damage, partly old backing. Paper loss to the edges and corners and old restoration with wove paper. Several tears also with old backing. Traces of old folds visible. Some small rubbed areas. Despite the distress mentioned, a good overall impression.
(NUREMBERG CHRONICLE) BULLEN HENRY LEWIS The Nuremberg Chronicle; or The Book of Chronicles from the Beginning of the World ... San Francisco: Printed for the Book Club of California by John Henry Nash 1930. Folio original marbled boards and morocco spine. One of 300 copies illustrated with a tipped-in leaf from the first Latin edition of the Nuremberg Chronicle plus frontispiece and reproductions in-text. Original leaf is folio CCXXXIX with woodcut of Emperor Sigismund and a city view. Wear to spine with hinges split.
Augustine of Hippo, Saint (354-430 AD) De Civitate Dei. : Augustine of Hippo, Saint (354-430 AD) De Civitate Dei. [Nuremberg: Koberger], 1520. Folio, title page printed in red and black within an elaborate woodcut compartment containing a separate woodcut of Augustine at his desk, text in gothic letter, in columns throughout, painted triangular decoration to fore-edge, no imprint on title page, bound in full modern calf, tooled in blind, period-style by Fred Shihadeh in 1985, letter in gilt on front board and spine, 11 1/8 x 7 1/2 in. . . This edition contains the commentary of Thomas Waleys (or Valois) (1287-1350?), Dominican master of theology at Oxford University, and Anglo-Norman chronicler Nicholas Trivet (or Trevet) (c. 1258-c. 1328), with the added commentary of Jacopo Passavanti (1302-1357) and Francis Maronis. . . a-n8/6, o-z6, A-K6/8, L-M6, N-O8, P-S6/8, T-Y6 (Y6 blank & present); a8, b-k6. . Estimate $800-1, 200 . . . Items may have wear and tear, imperfections, or the effects of aging. Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.
DÜRER, ALBRECHT ( 1471 Nuremberg 1528).Ritter und Landsknecht (knight and landsknecht), circa 1496. Woodcut, 39.1 x 28.4 cm. On wove paper with watermark. Central cross in shield (Meder 151, 1560 to 1580). Bartsch 131; Meder 265 II c (of d); Schoch/Mende/Scherbaum 106. - Excellent, even and dark impression with small margin around the border line. Minor foxing, otherwise in very good condition. From the collection of F. Quiring, Eberswalde, Lugt 1041c. - Rare.
DÜRER, ALBRECHT (1471 Nuremberg 1528).Christus am Ölberg (Christ at the Mount of Olives), circa 1496/97. Sheet 3 of the Large Passion. Woodcut on wove paper with watermark, flower on triangle (Meder 127). 38,9 x 27,7 cm. Bartsch 6; Schoch/Mende/Scherbaum 156; Meder 115, Latin text edition of 1511. Verso collector's stamp: B, not in Lugt. - Excellent even impression with almost completely visible outer line. With flattened vertical fold on left margin, not visible from the front, smoothed crease on the upper right corner. Verso minor remains of old mount. Overall very fine condition.
FRIDOLIN, SCHATZBEHALTER, DOUBLE-SIDED WOODCUT Stephan Fridolin (German, 1413-1498). Leaf from ?Schatzbehalter? - c. 1491, Nuremberg, double-sided, with woodcuts by Michael Wolgemut and Wilhelm Pleydenwurff, rubricated titles, three red page edges (previously gilt?) and one deckled edge. Uncolored. Provenance: Private Collection, Cashiers, NC. Approx. 18.25? x 15? (frame), 11.5? x 8.5? (sheet), 9.875? x 6.875? (image)
Art, Illustration & Fine Press
The Graphic Processes: Intaglio, Relief, Planographic. Boston: Charles E. Goodspeed, 1926. Illustrated with 37 mounted examples of various processes, including one original woodcut from the Nuremberg Chronicle. Folio. Loose as issued in original cloth portfolio, paper label on upper cover.
(NUREMBERG.) Der Stat Nurmberg verneute Reformation. Double-page engraved tree of consanguinity. [25], 240, [31] leaves, including woodcut frontispiece showing allegorical figures of Justice, Peace, and Liberty, woodcut title within elaborate architectural border with figures of Moses and the Holy Roman Emperor, and final errata leaf. 8vo, modern marbled boards with blank paper lettering piece; uncut. (Altdorf): Lorenz Schüpfel, 1755
Reprint of the 1564 revision of the Nuremberg municipal code. Bound with: Catalogus dissertationum et tractatuum reformationem Noricam illustrantium. 127 pages. Altdorf: Lorenz Schüpfel, 1755.
DUERER, ALBRECHT (1471 Nuremberg 1528).Die Gefangennahme Christi, 1511. Sheet 4 from the Great Passion. Woodcut, 39.3 x 27.8 cm. Bartsch 7; Schoch/Mende/Scherbaum 157; Meder 116 d/e (probably Augsburg edition from 1675). - Strong impression with the edging line. Laid on backing. Defects.
Schedel Leaf from the Nuremberg Chronicle "Ultima Etas Mundi" 1493: Hartmann Schedel (1440-1514), "Ultima Etas Mundi, " from the "Nuremberg Chronicle, " Nuremberg, 1493. This stunning woodcut depicts the Last Judgment. Christ presides over the scene, on the rainbow and orb, flanked by the Virgin Mary and St. John, with the lily of mercy and the sword of justice at his head. Below, angels and devils wake the dead from their graves to be led to Heaven and Hell, respectively; in a particularly vivid vignette, one devil drags a sinner out of their grave by the hair. Latin text along the verso describes "De extremo iudicio ac fine mundi, " the final stage of the Last Judgment. The "Nuremberg Chronicle's illustrations were cut by Michael Wolgemuth and Wilhelm Pleydenwurff; there has been some scholarly speculation that Albrecht Durer also had a hand in these woodcuts. Early handwritten notes along the top. SKU: 03492 Follow us on Instagram: @revereauctions Condition Good condition, soiling, tearing along the lower margin, some foxing, inscriptions along the upper margin, and light toning.
Luther, Martin (1483-1546) Der Zehen Gebot ein Nuetzliche Erklerung. : Luther, Martin (1483-1546) Der Zehen Gebot ein Nuetzliche Erklerung. [Basel: Valentin Curio], 1523. Quarto, translated from Latin into German by Sebastian Munster, title page printed within elaborate woodcut compartment, woodcut initials, illustrated with ten text woodcuts; [bound with] Martin Luther's Das Lobgesang der Heyligen junckfrawen Marie, [Basel: Curio], 1521, both titles printed in single column, black letter type, bound in later half leather and corners with vellum boards over wood, with one central brass clasp and catch, (the parchment covering material repurposed from another binding), ex libris Joh. Jacob Beck, inscription dated 1850; and Familie Merklein of Nuremberg, with bookplate 7 1/4 x 5 3/4 in. . . [pi]6, a-z4, A-D4; A-L4, M3. . Estimate $1, 000-1, 500 . . . Items may have wear and tear, imperfections, or the effects of aging. Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.
Incunabula and Early Printed Book Leaves. Fourteen separate leaves removed from early printed books, mostly folio format, on paper and parchment; including one leaf from the Cologne Chronicle of 1499; two leaves from early 16th century histories, both printed in Paris; two leaves from a French Book of Hours printed on parchment with hand-illuminated borders, c. 1510; one leaf from Wuss's writing manual, Zurich, 1549, with woodcut text and borders on both sides; one leaf from Pierre Le Rouge's Mer de Histoires, c. 1488, with two woodcuts and two borders; a leaf from the Nuremberg Chronicle with woodcuts of ancient Greek philosophers; five leaves from Koberger's Glossa Ordinaria, Strasbourg, 1480; and one leaf from Mentelin's edition of Nicholas de Lyra's Postilla, 1472. (14) Estimate $400-600 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.
"Alexandria," Nuremberg Chronicle, 1493 original page from the Nuremberg Chronicle, German edition, 1493, including a panorama of Alexandria, Egypt, woodcut with old hand coloring
Provenance: Property from the Hans Goedicke Estate
Condition: The page margins are little close, paper toned
SCHEDEL, HARTMANN. Hiericho. Half-page woodcut illustration of Jericho from the Latin language edition of Schedel's Nuremberg Chronicle, on full folio sheet with text; minor dampstaining around edges. [Nuremberg, 1493]- 300
FRIDOLIN, SCHATZBEHALTER, WOODCUT, 15TH C. Stephan Fridolin (German, 1413-1498). Leaf from ?Schatzbehalter? - c. 1491, Nuremberg, woodcut by Michael Wolgemut and Wilhelm Pleydenwurff to recto, two columns of German language printing to verso, rubricated titles, three red page edges (previously gilt?) and one trimmed edge. Uncolored. Provenance: Private Collection, Cashiers, NC. Approx. 18.25? x 15? (frame), 11.625? x 8.25? (sheet), 10? x 7? (image)
Incunabula Leaf, Nuremberg Chronicle. Folio 209, text in Latin, single column, black letter, with woodcuts of Frederick II (1194-1250) Holy Roman Emperor and the sun on the recto, and two large woodcuts of Dominican and Franciscan monasteries on the verso, lightly toned, marginal ink spot, 16 1/2 x 11 1/4 in. Estimate $100-150 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.
SCHOENER, Johann (1477-1547).Luculentissima quaeda[m] terrae totius descriptio: cu[m] multis utilissimis Cosmographiae iniciis. [A very clear description of the whole earth, with many useful cosmographic elements]. Nuremberg: Johann Stuchs, 1515. Small 4to (210 x 150 mm). 86 ff., [15], 65 ff., with printed errata slip inserted between ff. b5 and b6; 6 pp. of Latin ms. added at end. Full-page woodcut coat of arms of the Bishop of Bamberg on title verso, near-full-page text woodcuts of Schoener's famous globe of 1515 (f.A1r), of the armillary sphere (fol.19v), and of a circular world map (fol.31r); numerous large woodcut initials, some with historiation, portion of 15th c. rubricated manuscript on vellum used as binder's waste at end. Contemporary limp vellum, manuscript title to spine, contained in a cloth box. Condition: creased at head with margins shaved affecting small area of the banner of Schoener's globe, small wormholes starting at f.43r and ending at rear endpapers, few minimal stains, front endpapers slightly tattered at fore-edge; vellum lightly soiled, spine somewhat cracked. Provenance: marginal annotations and a six- page manuscript text (at end) in contemporary hand; 17th century manuscript note at upper margin of title and annotation in dedication. Acquisition: purchasedfrom H. P. Kraus, cat. 185, 1990 (but 1998) item 20, $33,750. the earliest major treatise on the globe and its manufacture, by the pioneer of globe-making in Europe; taking forward Waldseemullers concepts in 1507 of the world in spherical (globe) form; this, the only edition is complete with the original errata slip. An essential source book for the early production of globes, the work was issued to publicise and create interest in Schoener's first globe of 1515, the title of the globe being identical to this work. Schoener's first woodcut globe was printed in 1515, and is illustrated on A1r and f.16r in this present copy. It is of primary importance to the text. The supplemental treatise is divided into two parts: the first, in twelve chapters, on the theory and geometry of globes, and the second, in eleven chapters, giving a new and illuminating geographical description of the world. Schoener refers to the continent of America by its newly instituted name, thus drawing reference from the Waldseemüller’s map of 1507; Schoener based in Bamberg, was a close follower of Waldessmuller and may have studied with him at St Die. A poem by Johannes Stabius is printed on leaf aiii, a notable mathematician and astronomer. He authored, along with Conrad Heinfogel, the star charts issued by Dürer in this same year of 1515. Another poem by Joannes Hiltner on the last leaf gives a description of a Schoener celestial globe. It's association with this volume and of the date 1515 make it feasible that the 1517 celestial globe of Schoener was a spherical rendering of the aforementioned star charts.There are six pages of contemporary manuscript, on the final endapers, under the title “Easy and comprehensive method introducing into the description of geography a technique of measuring the earth”. The colophon calls the work De***fabrica globi and ascribes it to one “Hermannus”, a contemporary of the scribe. The scribe then adds that Hermannus has written about a globe he is going to give to the scribe, “which will be worth more than good Florentine gold”. The text cites Ptolemy, Macrobius, and Theodosius, and devotes much space to the inconsistent values of miles and stadia in Europe.The last paragraph reads (in translation): “There are also other unknown places. Moreover there are new lands recently discovered, many of which are islands recently reported, which were before unknown, about which see Amerigo Vespucci”. These notes are particularly interesting since at this period Schoener was experimenting with his manufacture of globes. In 1515 he made a woodcut terrestrial globe, diameter 28cm (one example, heavily painted, survives), a celestial (now lost), followed in 1517, a manuscript globe (diameter 87cm) was made in 1520, followed by an woodcut terrestrial globe in 1523 (with Magellans new discoveries) and a pair of globes, celestial and terrestrial, in 1534/35. Apart from Behaim's manuscript globe of 1492 and the 4 surviving copies of the woodcut gore sheets of Waldseemuller's pocket globe, 1507, the 4 Schoener woodcut globes that survive are the oldest 'manufactured' western globes. Schoener owned the the only surviving examples of the 1507 Waldseemuller wallmap and the Carta Marina of 1516, both now in the Library of Congress. Originally these two maps and sample sheets of his globe gores were bound in a codex found in the library of Castle Wolfegg in Wurttemberg, Germany. Waldseemuller's geography was the source for Schoener's terrestrial globes. The importance of this work by its dissemination of geographical information through the concept of the spherical world, in the Renaissance period, cannot be underestimated; this manual is one of the primary sources of the development of that knowledge.An absolute rarity, only one copy (Sotheby's London, June 1988) has appeared at auction in the last 30 years.Stevens-Coote, Schoener, no. 1; Alden & Landis 515/16; Sabin 77804; Harrisse 80; JCB I, 63; Church 37; Borba de Moraes II, 781; Adams S-682; Nordenskiöld, Facsimile Atlas, p. 77; Stevenson I, 82--88; World Encompassed 73; Van der Krogt Globi Neerlandici, pp30-33.
BIBLE, in German.Biblia Germanica. Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 17 February 1483. Two parts in one volume, royal folio (370 x 260 mm). 296 ff., last blank; 290 ff., last blank. 50 lines and headline, double column, Fraktur type in two sizes, one eleven-line illuminated initial to incipit of part one, one 10-line illuminated initial to 5r, and two illuminated initials, eight- and ten-line respectively, to incipit of part two, all on a burnished and gauffered gold ground within blue or green and red borders and with painted flourishes into margin. Four- to eleven-line initials and capital strokes supplied in red and blue, some with scrolling on the infill and flourishes into margin. 109 woodcut illustrations with contemporary hand-coloring in green, orange, yellow, pink and gray wash, the half-page illustration of the creation of Eve (Genesis 2: 21-22) to 5r in a brightly colored mandala with additional blue pigment and on a ground of burnished and gauffered gold leaf. Contemporary blind stamped panelled pigskin with metal bosses and remainder of two clasps, stamped title to later calf lettering piece, blue edges. Condition: preliminary leaves wormed, dampstained and with fungal spotting extending to sig. h, affecting text at upper corner, the first four leaves frayed at edges, f. 5 remargined and with partial loss to gold leaf, f. 6 repaired at upper corner with loss to text, some marginal annotations shaved, part two lacking first blank, small tear to f. 294, ff. 296 and 302 reinforced, f. 296 with some loss to painted flourish at inner margin; pigskin soiled, mildly wormed and with tear near central boss of front cover, two tears to rear cover above and below central boss, front cover lacking left upper boss, one hinge broken, both straps severed, joints starting, pastedowns peeling to expose boards. Provenance: occasional ms. annotations and longer notes to f. 583v and final blank in a German 17th-century hand, the note to f. 583v dated 1667; Josephi… Dominici lib canoni de wisene (partly legible inscription to front pastedown); gedrucht 1483 (later inscription to front pastedown). Goff B-632; BMC II 424; GW 4303; H 3137*; Pellechet 2375.The ninth Bible in German, the first printed in Nuremberg, and the only German edition printed by Koberger. Koberger's was a seminal printing that set the standard for all succeeding pre-Lutheran High German Bibles, with woodcuts from Heinrich Quentell's Low German Bibles c. 1478 (Goff B-636 and 637), text from Zainer's first German Bible c. 1475, and types cut especially for this printing. This edition, of approximately between 1000 and 1500 copies, is known in three forms: uncolored, colored in three tints only, and fully colored, as in the present copy.
Single Framed Leaf from the Nuremberg Chronicle, page number marked 249 in Roman numerals to the upper left, "Serta etas mudi" to top center, with a block of Latin text above a woodcut illustration of the city of Constantinople as it appeared in 1453, sight size 15 3/4 x 9 7/8 in. Estimate $150-250 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.
DÜRER, ALBRECHT (1471 Nuremberg 1528). The Annunciation, ca. 1510. From: Small Woodcut Passion. Woodcut on laid paper without watermark. 12.8 x 9.8 cm. Framed. Bartsch 19, Meder 128 I, vor dem Text (tadellos rein), Schoch/Mende/Scherbaum 189. Excellent, clear and deep black print without the lacunae of later states. Trimmed up to the clearly visible framing line. Beautiful condition. Provenance: - Collection Barth, Nuremberg (see attached appraisal by Kunsthalle Basel, 1949)
106. Michael Wolgemut (German, 1434-1519)
Woodcut, attributed to Wolgemut and Wilhelm Pleydenwurff for the Franciscan Stephan Fridolin's "Schatzbehalter oder schrein der waren reichtuemer des hails vnnd ewyger seligkeit" in Nuremberg, Germany. This woodcut is dated circa 1491. Verso has a two column page of German text. Paper apprx 11-1/2" x 8-1/8", image apprx 9-7/8" x 6-7/8".
150/250 Sold: $120.75
[Plates – Vienna.]
Group of approximately 25 engraved, lithographic, and woodcut views of Vienna, including an example from the Nuremberg Chronicle, 1493.
SCHEDEL, Hartmann (1440-1514) [World Map]. "Das ander alter der werlt." Nuremberg: Koberger, 23 December 1493. Hand-colored woodcut world map, image 439 x 309 mm (547 x 409 mm sheet). The map surrounded by a border with 12 windheads and supported in three corners by Japhet, Shem, and Ham, German text. (5 tears crossing the image or text with old repairs on verso and one marginal repair on recto, pale marginal stains.) FIRST EDITION from the German edition of Liber Chronicarum , a "robust woodcut taken from Ptolemy…What gives the map present-day interest and attraction are the panels representing the outlandish creatures and beings that were thought to inhabit the further-most parts of the earth." This woodcut map of the world was among the last printed before the findings from Columbus' voyages to the new world were widely known. Shirley 19. Estimate $ 5,000-7,000
SCHEDEL, Hartmann (1440-1514).Liber Chronicarum. Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 12 July 1493. Imperial folio (470 x 320 mm). 326 leaves (20 ff. non num., 266 ff. with ff. 259-261 blank except for headline, 6 ff. non num., 33 ff., 1 ff. non num.), 64 lines and headline, partly double column, Gothic type, two- to three-line printed initials and eight- to fourteen-line initials supplied in red and blue, some with flourishes into margin, occasional underlining in red, woodcut title and 1,809 woodcut illustrations from 645 blocks (Sydney Cockerell's count, Some German Woodcuts of the Fifteenth Century, Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1897, pp. 35-36), over half with old hand-coloring. Fold-out map by William Blaeu illustrating Nuremberg and environs (cut round, 365 x 470 mm) affixed to rear pastedown. Contemporary blind tooled pigskin, partially rebacked and with extremities restored in modern blind stamped calf, with grooves for two clasps. Condition: first two leaves and ff. 173-174, 199, 210, 235-241 and 288-300 repaired without loss to text, small hole to margin of f. 203, not affecting text, minor worming to ff. 251-299 and final leaf, minimally affecting text, mild dampstaining to extremities, thumbsoiling; pigskin soiled, clasps lacking, hinges starting. Provenance: illeg. early inscription to woodcut title and sparse annotations in a similar hand. An attractive Nuremberg Chronicle, the most extensively illustrated work of the fifteenth century, the work illustrated with 1,809 woodcuts by Michael Wolgemut and Wilhelm Pleydenwurff and their workshop, including the young Albrecht Dürer, Koberger's godson. Goff S-307; BMC II 437; HC 14508*.
16th c. German Book Manuscript Page w/ Comet: Early German printed astronomy book page with an inset woodcut of a comet. The text includes many references to events from the mid-16th century. Similar to the astronomical depictions in the Nuremberg Chronicle and Book of Miracles. Dimensions: Height: 13 1/2 in x width: 8 1/8 in. SKU: 03809 Condition Please contact us for a detailed condition report. Please note that the lack of a condition statement does not imply perfect condition. Email condition@revereauctions. com with any condition questions.
LEAF FROM THE NUREMBERG CHRONICLE - 1493 Woodcut with color from Hartmann Schedel's 'Liber Chronicarum' cut by Maehli Wohlgemuth (1432-1519) or Wilhelm Pleydenwurff (1430-1494) or their apprentice Albrecht Durer. Depicts two women on shore as man in ship
Grp: Manuscript and Missal Pages: Group of medieval and early modern manuscript and missal pages. Double sided frame with an Italian Manuscript leaf, ca. 1480. Renaissance vellum missal page in bat wing frame, ca. 1520. Another frame holds two medieval vellum manuscript leaves, from a mid 15th c. book of hours. One Italian missal leaf from a book of hours, ca. 1520. One woodcut from a copy of the Nuremberg Chronicle, ca. 1493. Dimensions: Unframed; height: 4 in x width: 3 in. Framed; height: 10 1/4 in x width: 9 in. SKU: 02669 Condition Please contact us for a detailed condition report. Please note that the lack of a condition statement does not imply perfect condition. Email condition@revereauctions. com with any condition questions.
(HOLY LAND--TEMPLE OF SOLOMON.) Schedel, Hartmann. Das vierd alter. Full-page woodcut illustration of the Temple of Solomon from the German language edition of Schedel's Nuremberg Chronicle, on full folio sheet with text; small descriptive label mounted on recto. [Nuremberg, 1493]With four additional engraved folding plates depicting the Temple, another depicting a menorah and alters, and a vue d'optique of within the temple.
[Incunabula], four pages, including one woodcut from Belial, processus Luciferi contra Jesum Christum Judice Salamone, by Jacobus de Theramo, printed by Johann Bämler, Augsbury, 1473; together with three leaves from the "Nuremberg Chronicles", 1473, printed by Anton Koberger, comprising leaves XX, CLXXXIX and CCIII. $400/600
Sachs, Hans (1494-1576) Das Funnft und Lezt Buch Sehr herz Liche Schone. : Sachs, Hans (1494-1576) Das Funnft und Lezt Buch Sehr herz Liche Schone. Nuremberg: Leonhard Heussler, 1579. Folio, xylographic title page printed in red and black (bottom half trimmed away and replaced with period-looking paper and a large woodcut), text in black letter printed in two columns throughout, woodcut head- and tail-pieces used throughout, in a German binding of alum-tawed pigskin over wooden boards tooled in blind and dated 1593 with the title tooled in the front compartment and owner initials, lacking clasps, catches, and corner pieces, 12 3/4 x 8 in. . . (:)3 (lacking ?blank (:)4), )(4 (blank )(4 present), A-Z6, a-l6, m8, n-z6, Aa-Yy6, Zz5 (lacking final ?blank Zz6). . Estimate $300-400 . . . Items may have wear and tear, imperfections, or the effects of aging. Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.
Der Stat Nurmberg Verneute Refomation. : Der Stat Nurmberg Verneute Refomation. Nuremberg: [Valentin Geiszler], 1564. First edition of the final codification of the Nuremberg city law, folio, title page printed within elaborate architectural woodcut compartment depicting Moses and the Holy Roman Emperor, large full-page woodcut with personifications of justice, peace, liberty, and municipality with the city of Nuremberg in the background and God above, both woodcuts with monogram M. S. , large woodcut initials to begin each section; with extensive manuscript marginalia amending and updating statutes in the text, with an added thirty-five manuscript leaves at the back, with continued emendations up to 1620; bound in contemporary blind-stamped wooden boards, darkened, with modern rebacking and modern metal corners added, lacking clasps, repairs to first and last few leaves, some water stains and tears; a sound copy with signs of heavy use; 12 1/4 x 8 in. . . [pi]6, a6, b8 (b8 blank & present), aa-dd6, A-Z6, AA-QQ6, RR8; 35 leaves of manuscript. . Estimate $1, 200-1, 500 . . . Items may have wear and tear, imperfections, or the effects of aging. Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.
Wohlgemuth INCUNABULA LEAF FROM NUREMBERG CHRONICLE 1493 Hand Details: This lot includes the incunabulum shown in the corresponding image(s). This is a large leaf from the Nuremberg Chronicle, with the words "Sexta etas mundi" appearing in the top margin, and the Roman numeral CCXV in the upper right corner of the recto. The in-text woodcut illustrations on the verso show Thomas Aquinas, Charles of Sicily, two heretical flagellants, and Philip, son of St. Louis. The verso offers portraits of three popes, as well as the depiction of bishops at Concilium Lugduniense. These finely hand-colored woodcuts are by Michael Wolgemut (1434-1519), who taught Albrecht Durer, and may well have participated in designing some of the illustrations for the specialist craftsmen (called "formschneider"s) who cut the blocks, onto which the design had been drawn, or a drawing glued.""The Nuremberg Chronicle" is an illustrated biblical paraphrase and world history that follows the story of human history related in the Bible; it includes the histories of a number of important Western cities. Written in Latin by Hartmann Schedel, with a version in German, translation by Georg Alt, it appeared in 1493. It is one of the best-documented early printed books—an incunabulum —and one of the first to successfully integrate illustrations and text.Latin scholars refer to it as "Liber Chronicarum" (Book of Chronicles) as this phrase appears in the index introduction of the Latin edition. English speakers have long referred to it as the Nuremberg Chronicle after the city in which it was published. German speakers refer to it as "Die Schedelsche Weltchronik" (Schedel's World History) in honour of its author."To inspect and acquire more detailed information about this lot, please attend our live preview before the auction. Condition / Notes: This leaf, measuring approximately 12.75" x 17.5", is hinged to the back of a window mat (17.25" x 24.25") with two short sections of archival tape. The leaf shows loss of the lower right corner and staining, concentrated at the margins. Small tears are visible at the edges. The hinges are secure. A small clipping with information on this leaf is pasted to the rear of the back board. A small printed green label of Cosmopolitan Science & Art Service Co., Inc. of New York appears in the bottom right corner of the same.For lots which include only books, our shipping charge applies to any address within the fifty United States. For lots which are not books, the stated shipping cost in this listing will apply only to addresses within the continental 48 states. Within those parameters, the shipping cost for this lot will be: $6.50