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AMMAN, Jost. Kunstbüchlin, darinnen neben Fürbildung vieler Geistlicher unnd Weltlicher Hohes und Niderstands Personen ... allerhandt kunstreiche Stück unnd Figuren ... Alles auff das zierlichst und künstlichst gerissen. Frankfurt: Johann Feyerabend, 1599.
Small 4o (193 x 143 mm). Title printed in red and black, 293 full-page woodcuts. (Old stamp removed from title and patched on recto and verso, lacking final blank.) Old vellum gilt, gilt edges (rebacked). Provenance: acquired from Gilhofer & Ranschburg, 1983.
FIRST COMPLETE EDITION of this model book for painters, designers, copyists and other craftsmen. The designs comprise mythological and classical compositions, female figures, heads of bishops and Turks, military and other costume of the period, horses, combats, etc. after Jost Amman by various engravers. Adams A-969; Fairfax-Murray German 36.
Small 4o (193 x 143 mm). Title printed in red and black, 293 full-page woodcuts. (Old stamp removed from title and patched on recto and verso, lacking final blank.) Old vellum gilt, gilt edges (rebacked). Provenance: acquired from Gilhofer & Ranschburg, 1983.
FIRST COMPLETE EDITION of this model book for painters, designers, copyists and other craftsmen. The designs comprise mythological and classical compositions, female figures, heads of bishops and Turks, military and other costume of the period, horses, combats, etc. after Jost Amman by various engravers. Adams A-969; Fairfax-Murray German 36.