Description
Weiditz (Hans, the younger).- Brunfels (Otto) Precationes Biblicae Sanctorum Patrum, first edition, ff. [8], 91, [1], woodcut title in red and black, with fine chiaroscuro woodcut by Hans Weiditz the younger depicting Hezekiah being healed by Isaiah, historiated woodcut borders by Weiditz featuring images of cheruns, grotesques, hounds, bears, children's toys and noise-making apparatus, and a fox (or ape) in monkish garb selling indulgences to a flock of bemused geese, 8vo (144 x 93mm.), Strasbourg, Johann Schott, 1528.
⁂ Rare and charming early Protestant prayer book by the polymath German divine Otto Brunfels, who converted to Lutheranism after 13 years as a Carthusian monk and also became a celebrated physician and botanist - Linnaeus's hero as 'father of botany'. The fine illustrations are by Hans Weiditz the younger, the Strassburg-born 'Petrarch-master' (1495-1536), who was an associate of Durer, Holbein and Burgkmair. Elizabeth Savage, Early Colour Printing: German Renaissance Woodcuts at the British Museum (2021) gives considerable mention to the red printing of the title to this work.
Provenance: Percy L. Babington (bookplate); 19th century bookseller's ticket of T. Connolly, Dublin.
Literature: Adams P2071; Fairfax Murray 100; VD 16 B8553.
Lot 26
Weiditz (Hans, the younger).- Brunfels (Otto) Precationes Biblicae Sanctorum Patrum, first edition, Strasbourg, Johann Schott, 1528.
Estimate: £3,500 - 4,500
Description
Weiditz (Hans, the younger).- Brunfels (Otto) Precationes Biblicae Sanctorum Patrum, first edition, ff. [8], 91, [1], woodcut title in red and black, with fine chiaroscuro woodcut by Hans Weiditz the younger depicting Hezekiah being healed by Isaiah, historiated woodcut borders by Weiditz featuring images of cheruns, grotesques, hounds, bears, children's toys and noise-making apparatus, and a fox (or ape) in monkish garb selling indulgences to a flock of bemused geese, 8vo (144 x 93mm.), Strasbourg, Johann Schott, 1528.
⁂ Rare and charming early Protestant prayer book by the polymath German divine Otto Brunfels, who converted to Lutheranism after 13 years as a Carthusian monk and also became a celebrated physician and botanist - Linnaeus's hero as 'father of botany'. The fine illustrations are by Hans Weiditz the younger, the Strassburg-born 'Petrarch-master' (1495-1536), who was an associate of Durer, Holbein and Burgkmair. Elizabeth Savage, Early Colour Printing: German Renaissance Woodcuts at the British Museum (2021) gives considerable mention to the red printing of the title to this work.
Provenance: Percy L. Babington (bookplate); 19th century bookseller's ticket of T. Connolly, Dublin.
Literature: Adams P2071; Fairfax Murray 100; VD 16 B8553.