Guntherus, poeta. Ligurini de Gestibus Imp. Caesaris Frederici I Augusti libri X, carmine Heroico conscripti, [ed. C. Peutinger], [Augsburg, Erhard Oeglin, 1507], folio, first edition, first issue, 83 leaves only (of 84, lacking final blank), black-on-white woodcut initials (contemporary ink annotations to first leaves, some worming to margins of last leaves), later half calf. [Adams G1606; Brunet II 1830]

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Guntherus, poeta. Ligurini de Gestibus Imp. Caesaris Frederici I Augusti libri X, carmine Heroico conscripti, [ed. C. Peutinger], [Augsburg, Erhard Oeglin, 1507], folio, first edition, first issue, 83 leaves only (of 84, lacking final blank), black-on-white woodcut initials (contemporary ink annotations to first leaves, some worming to margins of last leaves), later half calf. [Adams G1606; Brunet II 1830]

Lot Essay

PREVIOUSLY UNDESCRIBED FIRST ISSUE of a poem written in the 13th century 'd'une assez bonne latinité' (Brunet). This copy has several variants which mark it as a first issue. L6 verso (mounted on a stub) is in an uncorrected state with many small differences from the corrected state seen in other copies. More striking, L6 recto is blank without the Dürer woodcut (see note to next lot).

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