Lot 17
Hortulus anime, woodcuts with fine contemporary colouring, Strassburg, Martin Flach, 1511
Hammer Price: £1,600
Description
Hortulus anime, collation: 1-20, a-z8, ζ8 Ɔ4, but lacking 55ff., printed in red and black, woodcut illustrations and initials by Hans Baldung Grien, finely coloured by an early hand, a2 repaired, margin of z6 repaired slightly affecting text, 19th century orange boards, worn, 8vo (127 x 88mm.), Strassburg, Martin Flach, 1511.
⁂ A rare post-incunable edition with fine contemporary colouring of 'the little garden of the soul' which was first printed in 1498.
Provenance: Arthur & Charlotte Vershbow (bookplate on front endpaper).
Literature: not in Adams.
Description
Hortulus anime, collation: 1-20, a-z8, ζ8 Ɔ4, but lacking 55ff., printed in red and black, woodcut illustrations and initials by Hans Baldung Grien, finely coloured by an early hand, a2 repaired, margin of z6 repaired slightly affecting text, 19th century orange boards, worn, 8vo (127 x 88mm.), Strassburg, Martin Flach, 1511.
⁂ A rare post-incunable edition with fine contemporary colouring of 'the little garden of the soul' which was first printed in 1498.
Provenance: Arthur & Charlotte Vershbow (bookplate on front endpaper).
Literature: not in Adams.
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