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BRANT, Sebastian (1458-1521). Stultifera navis. London: John Cawood, 1570.
The second English edition, in contemporary calf, of this highly influential satire, which blends medieval imagery with humanist ideals. Riffing on the allegory of the 'ship of fools,' Brant ruthlessly enumerates the categories of human vice and even invents a patron saint of disgusting people. The memorable series of woodblocks depicting the fools' paradise of Narragonia were first used in Richard Pynson's very rare English edition of 1509. All but seven were copied from Pierre Rivière's 1497 French edition, which in turn were derived from the cuts by Dürer and others from the 1494 Basel first edition. Pforzheimer 41; STC (2nd ed.), 3546.
Folio (280 x 188mm). Title woodcut, numerous woodcut illustrations, woodcut initials (title and dedication leaves neatly remargined; some dampstaining, a few neatly repaired tears). Contemporary stamped calf, with later brass clasps (rebacked). Provenance: André Louis Simon (1877-1970, a notable wine merchant and bibliographer; bookplate).
The second English edition, in contemporary calf, of this highly influential satire, which blends medieval imagery with humanist ideals. Riffing on the allegory of the 'ship of fools,' Brant ruthlessly enumerates the categories of human vice and even invents a patron saint of disgusting people. The memorable series of woodblocks depicting the fools' paradise of Narragonia were first used in Richard Pynson's very rare English edition of 1509. All but seven were copied from Pierre Rivière's 1497 French edition, which in turn were derived from the cuts by Dürer and others from the 1494 Basel first edition. Pforzheimer 41; STC (2nd ed.), 3546.
Folio (280 x 188mm). Title woodcut, numerous woodcut illustrations, woodcut initials (title and dedication leaves neatly remargined; some dampstaining, a few neatly repaired tears). Contemporary stamped calf, with later brass clasps (rebacked). Provenance: André Louis Simon (1877-1970, a notable wine merchant and bibliographer; bookplate).
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