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BEHAM, Hans Sebald. Typi in Apocalypsi Ioannis depicti. Frankfurt: Christian Egenolph, 1539.
4o (180 x 127 mm). Woodcut vignette and monogram HSB on title, 26 woodcut illustrations (repeating the title vignette), printer's device at end. 18th-century mottled calf. Provenance: Lockhard collection (small ink stamp "L" on endpapers); acquired from Robert Light, 1966.
FIRST EDITION of Beham's woodcuts in fine impressions. The date in the colophon is misprinted "D.M.XXXIX." Beham, next to his younger brother Barthel and Pencz, is "the most eminent of the Little Masters" (Hind p.81). Pauli 833-858.
4o (180 x 127 mm). Woodcut vignette and monogram HSB on title, 26 woodcut illustrations (repeating the title vignette), printer's device at end. 18th-century mottled calf. Provenance: Lockhard collection (small ink stamp "L" on endpapers); acquired from Robert Light, 1966.
FIRST EDITION of Beham's woodcuts in fine impressions. The date in the colophon is misprinted "D.M.XXXIX." Beham, next to his younger brother Barthel and Pencz, is "the most eminent of the Little Masters" (Hind p.81). Pauli 833-858.