Guntherus, poeta. Ligurini de Gestis Imp. Caesaris Frederici I Augusti libri X, carmine Heroico conscripti, [ed. C. Peutinger], [Augsburg, Erhard Oeglin, 1507], folio, first edition, 83 leaves only (of 84, lacking final blank), full-page woodcut illustration by ALBRECHT DÜRER, black-on-white woodcut initials (title torn at upper margin with loss of 3 characters, restored with the missing characters supplied in manuscript, second leaf also restored at upper margin, small worm-hole in the two final leaves slightly affecting text), later calf (rebacked with old spine laid-down). [Adams G1606; Brunet II, 1830]

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Guntherus, poeta. Ligurini de Gestis Imp. Caesaris Frederici I Augusti libri X, carmine Heroico conscripti, [ed. C. Peutinger], [Augsburg, Erhard Oeglin, 1507], folio, first edition, 83 leaves only (of 84, lacking final blank), full-page woodcut illustration by ALBRECHT DÜRER, black-on-white woodcut initials (title torn at upper margin with loss of 3 characters, restored with the missing characters supplied in manuscript, second leaf also restored at upper margin, small worm-hole in the two final leaves slightly affecting text), later calf (rebacked with old spine laid-down). [Adams G1606; Brunet II, 1830]

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The allegorical woodcut by Dürer depicts a female figure, Philosophia, surrounded by medallions representing philosophers of the Ancient world but also including Albertus (Magnus). This woodcut, which is signed with the initials A.D. under the central figure, did not appear in the first issue of this work, and does not appear to have been reprinted elsewhere.

Provenance: Petri Burmanni Secundi. Richard Heber, with 15 line manuscrpt note in Latin in his hand on front blank.

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