STIMMER, Tobias (1539-1584) and Johann FISCHART (c.1545-1591). Neue künstliche Figuren biblischer Historien. Basel: Thomas Guarin, 1576.
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STIMMER, Tobias (1539-1584) and Johann FISCHART (c.1545-1591). Neue künstliche Figuren biblischer Historien. Basel: Thomas Guarin, 1576.

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STIMMER, Tobias (1539-1584) and Johann FISCHART (c.1545-1591). Neue künstliche Figuren biblischer Historien. Basel: Thomas Guarin, 1576.

First edition of a famous picture bible illustrated by Tobias Stimmer, with an introduction and accompanying verse by Johann Fischart. USTC 676944; VD16 F 1155.

Quarto (200 x 153mm). Title within decorative woodcut border, 170 further woodcut illustrations within borders (small marginal repair to A1, lightly washed and pressed). Late 19th-century half black morocco by Lortic Fils, spine lettered in gilt, top edge gilt. Provenance: early faded inscription on title – J. Pegner (?) (faded inscription dated 1822) – Oliver Henry Perkins (bookplate; his library sold Anderson Galleries, 23-24 March 1926) – Schweinfurt, Otto Schäfer (monogram on rear endpaper).
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