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BEHAM, Hans Sebald (1500-1550). Biblisch historien, figürlich fürgebildet. Frankfurt: Christian Egenolff, 1533 [but 1534].
First edition of Beham's biblical illustrations, complete with 80 cuts and in a Renaissance binding. Beham, believed to have been a student of Albrecht Dürer, was the most prolific Kleinmeister of German engraving. His small, highly accomplished designs are of great rarity on the market. USTC 616760; VD16 B-1472.
Quarto (187 x 134mm). Title within decorative woodcut border, 80 woodcut scenes each beneath a short biblical quotation (a few leaves spotted and lightly browned, marginal wormholes). Contemporary German blindstamped calf with border of medallion portraits (neatly rebacked, worn at corners). Provenance: Benedictus Magnard (early inscription on front pastedown) – J. Choul (inscription) – stamp erased from title – Schweinfurt, Otto Schäfer (monogram on rear pastedown).
First edition of Beham's biblical illustrations, complete with 80 cuts and in a Renaissance binding. Beham, believed to have been a student of Albrecht Dürer, was the most prolific Kleinmeister of German engraving. His small, highly accomplished designs are of great rarity on the market. USTC 616760; VD16 B-1472.
Quarto (187 x 134mm). Title within decorative woodcut border, 80 woodcut scenes each beneath a short biblical quotation (a few leaves spotted and lightly browned, marginal wormholes). Contemporary German blindstamped calf with border of medallion portraits (neatly rebacked, worn at corners). Provenance: Benedictus Magnard (early inscription on front pastedown) – J. Choul (inscription) – stamp erased from title – Schweinfurt, Otto Schäfer (monogram on rear pastedown).
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