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DÜRER, Albrecht (1471-1528) -- SENEFELDER, Alois (1771-1834). Albrecht Dürers Christlich-Mythologische Handzeichnungen. Munich: [Alois Senefelder,] 1808.
2° (435 x 310mm). Lithographic portrait of Dürer, lithographic title in black and violet, 2 pages of lithographic text in Senefelder's hand, 43 lithographs by Johan Nepomuk Strixner after Dürer printed in a variety of single colours, 2 pages of letterpress contents. (Scattered spotting.) Publisher's brown calf, spine with gilt floral tools, edges gilt, patterned endpapers printed in blue (light rubbing, sunned). Provenance: manuscript shelf-mark on ticket.
FIRST EDITION, COLOUR PRINTED, OF THIS EARLY EXAMPLE OF LITHOGRAPHY, and the most ambitious lithographic book of its day. Dürer's designs for the book of hours of Maximilian I are printed in violet, sepia, red, black and green, following the original. This first publication from Senefelder's Munich studio is possibly the first completely lithographed book, and represents an important experiment with the still nascent technique of lithography, which Senefelder invented. Brunet II 914; PMM I 623; Winkler 831, 13-14.
2° (435 x 310mm). Lithographic portrait of Dürer, lithographic title in black and violet, 2 pages of lithographic text in Senefelder's hand, 43 lithographs by Johan Nepomuk Strixner after Dürer printed in a variety of single colours, 2 pages of letterpress contents. (Scattered spotting.) Publisher's brown calf, spine with gilt floral tools, edges gilt, patterned endpapers printed in blue (light rubbing, sunned). Provenance: manuscript shelf-mark on ticket.
FIRST EDITION, COLOUR PRINTED, OF THIS EARLY EXAMPLE OF LITHOGRAPHY, and the most ambitious lithographic book of its day. Dürer's designs for the book of hours of Maximilian I are printed in violet, sepia, red, black and green, following the original. This first publication from Senefelder's Munich studio is possibly the first completely lithographed book, and represents an important experiment with the still nascent technique of lithography, which Senefelder invented. Brunet II 914; PMM I 623; Winkler 831, 13-14.
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