Lot 20
Burgkmair (Hans) Kaiser Maximilians I Triumph, Vienna & London, 1796.
Hammer Price: £9,500
Description
Burgkmair (Hans) [Kaiser Maximilians I Triumph], 135 woodcut plates, lacking title and text leaves (in French and German), first few plates creased, occasional spotting, contemporary mottled sheep-backed boards, rubbed, oblong folio, [Vienna & London], [1796].
⁂ The original drawings for this series of magnificent woodcuts were made between 1512 and 1516. The woodcuts were made by Burgkmair, a pupil of Albrecht Durer, and printed in a small edition in 1526 but not reprinted until this edition in 1796.
Description
Burgkmair (Hans) [Kaiser Maximilians I Triumph], 135 woodcut plates, lacking title and text leaves (in French and German), first few plates creased, occasional spotting, contemporary mottled sheep-backed boards, rubbed, oblong folio, [Vienna & London], [1796].
⁂ The original drawings for this series of magnificent woodcuts were made between 1512 and 1516. The woodcuts were made by Burgkmair, a pupil of Albrecht Durer, and printed in a small edition in 1526 but not reprinted until this edition in 1796.